The New York Central Railroad

New York Central Railroad

The New York Central Railroad , known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States...

(NYCRR) was formed on December 22, 1914, as a consolidation of the companies listed below. It later merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad

Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

 to form Penn Central.

The NYCRR owned stock in the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad , abbreviated NYC&St.L, was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. Commonly referred to as the Nickel Plate Road, the railroad served a large area, including trackage in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois...

 and the Lake Erie and Western Railroad

Lake Erie and Western Railroad

The Lake Erie and Western Railroad was a railroad that operated in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.-The beginning:The Seney Syndicate linked several short railroads in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois to form the Lake Erie and Western Railroad in 1879 and 1880...

, but sold it in July 1917 and April 1922, respectively.

Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad

Also known as the Mohawk and Malone Railway

Mohawk and Malone Railway

Dr. William Seward Webb's Mohawk and Malone Railway crossed the northern Adirondacks at Tupper Lake Junction, just north of Tupper Lake. Webb was president of the Wagner Palace Car Company...

, the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad

Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad

The Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad operated between DeKalb Junction and Hermon in St. Lawrence County, New York over a four mile standard gauge railroad. The Adirondack&St. Lawrence was founded by the St. Lawrence Pyrites Company on April 19, 1906, and shortly thereafter the line was opened...

 was built by Dr. William Seward Webb

William Seward Webb

William Seward Webb, M.D. was a businessman, and Inspector General of the Vermont militia with the rank of Colonel. He was a founder and former President of the Sons of the American Revolution.-Biography:...

. The line crossed the northern Adirondacks at Tupper Lake Junction, just north of Tupper Lake. Webb began by purchasing the narrow gauge

Narrow gauge

A narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...

 Herkimer, Newport and Poland Railroad, which ran 16 miles from Herkimer to Poland

Poland, Herkimer County, New York

----Poland is a village in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 451 at the 2000 census.The Village of Poland is at the town line shared by the Town of Newport and the Town of Russia. The village is 16 miles north of the county seat in Herkimer and is northeast of Utica...

. He then had track built from Tupper Lake to Moira

Moira, New York

Moira is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 2,857 at the 2000 census. Moira is located on the western border of Franklin County and is west of the Village of Malone.- History :...

 and thence to Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

. This was variously called the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad and the Mohawk and Malone Railway. It opened in 1892 from Malone

Malone (village), New York

-Notable natives:Notable natives include:*William Almon Wheeler served as Vice President of the United States under Rutherford Hayes. Is buried at Morningside Cemetery in Malone....

 Junction to Childwold Station with a branch from Lake Clear Junction to Saranac Lake

Saranac Lake, New York

Saranac Lake is a village located in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,406. The village is named after Upper, Middle, and Lower Saranac Lakes, which are nearby....

. After 1893, it was controlled by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, and in 1913, it merged with the Central as the "Adirondack Division".

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

• Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway
  • Cairo and Vincennes Railroad
    Cairo and Vincennes Railroad
    The Cairo and Vincennes Railroad was a 19th-century American railroad that connected Cairo, Illinois, with Vincennes, Indiana. It was chartered by the state of Illinois in 1867 through the efforts of former American Civil War General Green B. Raum, who subsequently oversaw the planning and...
    
    
• Central Railroad of Indianapolis
  Central Railroad of Indianapolis
  Central Railroad of Indianapolis is a Class III short-line railroad that operates approximately miles of rail line in north central Indiana....
  
  
• Central Union Depot and Railway Company of Cincinnati
• Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis Short Line Railway
• Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad
• Cincinnati and Southern Ohio River Railway
• Cincinnati and Springfield Railway
• Cincinnati Northern Railroad
  • Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway
    • Cincinnati, Van Wert and Michigan Railroad
      • Celina, Van Wert and State Line
    • Columbus and Northwestern Railway
    • Michigan and Ohio Railroad
      Michigan and Ohio Railroad
      The Michigan and Ohio Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in southern Michigan in the mid-1880s. Originally intended to forge a new line from Lake Erie to Lake Michigan, it came close to its goal, completing a line between Allegan and Dundee before financial embarrassment landed it in...
      
      
      • Allegan and Southeastern Railroad
• Cincinnati, Hamilton, Middletown and Toledo
• Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
  Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
  The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway is a historic railroad in the United States.The CISL&C resulted from the 1880 corporate restructuring of the bankrupt Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad...
  
  
• Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad
  • Cincinnati, Dayton and Eastern Railroad
• Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway
  • Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railroad
• Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
  Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
  The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway was formed from the merger of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad with the Bellefontaine Railway in 1868...
  
  
  • Bellefontaine Railway
    • Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad
  • Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad
    Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad
    The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad was the second railroad to enter Columbus, Ohio. It eventually became a part of the New York Central Railroad.- History :...
    
    
    • Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railway
• Cleveland, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
• Columbus, Hope and Greensburg Railroad
• Columbus, Indianapolis and Western
• Columbus, Springfield and Cincinnati Railroad
• Mount Gilead Short Line Railway
  • Mount Gilead Short Line Railroad
• Peoria and Eastern Railway
  Peoria and Eastern Railway
  The Peoria and Eastern Railway was incorporated on February 21, 1890, for the purpose of constructing or acquiring a railway between Pekin, Illinois, and Indianapolis, Indiana. The following day, the company acquired such a railroad from Charles H...
  
  
  • Indianapolis Union Railway
    Indianapolis Union Railway
    The Indianapolis Union Railway Company , is a terminal railroad operating in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was organized on May 31, 1850, as the Union Track Railway Company by the presidents of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad Company , the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company , and the...
    
    
    • Indianapolis Belt Railroad and Stock Yards
      • Indianapolis Belt Railroad
      • Union Railroad Transfer and Stock Yards
        • Indianapolis Belt Railway

Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad (original)

• Conewango Valley Railroad
• Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway
  • Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railroad

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (original)

• Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad
  Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad
  The Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in the state of Michigan during the 1850s and 1860s. Initially planned as an ambitious land grant railroad which would run the length of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, poor finances and politically-motivated routes...
  
  
• Buffalo and Erie Railroad
  • Buffalo and State Line Railroad
• Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad
• Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway
• Cleveland and Toledo Railroad
• Cleveland Short Line Railway
  Cleveland Short Line Railway
  The Cleveland Short Line Railway was a freight bypass around southern Cleveland, Ohio on the New York Central Railroad's Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway system. It is now owned and used by CSX.-History:...
  
  
• Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad
  • Central Trunk Railway
  • Jamestown and Franklin Railroad
    • Junction Railroad
      • Connection Railroad
• Lake Shore Railway
  • Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad
    Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad
    Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad may refer to:*Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad , predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway...
    
    
    • Cleveland and Erie Railroad

Michigan Central Railroad

• Bay City and Battle Creek Railway
  • Bay City and Battle Creek Railroad
    • Battle Creek and Bay City Railway
• Buchanan and St. Joseph River Railroad
• Canada Junction
• Canada Southern Railway
  Canada Southern Railway
  The Canada Southern Railway was a railway in southern Ontario, Canada, founded on February 28, 1868 as the Erie and Niagara Extension Railway. It adopted the Canada Southern Railway name on December 24, 1869. In 1904 the railway was leased to the Michigan Central Railroad for 99 years; in 1929 it...
  
  
• Central Railroad of Michigan
• Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway
  Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway
  The Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway , known informally as the "Cuss, Kick & Swear" is a defunct railroad which operated in southwest Michigan in the late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries. Despite the name, the line ran entirely within the state of Michigan, with the majority in Kalamazoo...
  
  
• Detroit River Tunnel Company
  • Canada and Michigan Bridge and Tunnel Company
    • Canada and Michigan Tunnel Company
  • Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company
• Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad
  • Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad
    Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad
    The Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in the state of Michigan during the 1850s and 1860s. Initially planned as an ambitious land grant railroad which would run the length of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, poor finances and politically-motivated routes...
    
    
• Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad
  Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad
  The Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in southern Michigan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
  
  

Beech Creek Railroad

• Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern Railroad
  • Susquehanna and Southwestern Railroad
• Cambria County Railroad

Boston and Albany Railroad

• Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad
  • Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad
• Boston and Worcester Railroad
• Chester and Becket Railroad
• Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company
  • Chelsea Branch Railroad
• Hudson and Boston Railroad
  • Hudson and Berkshire Railroad
• North Brookfield Railroad
• Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad
• Providence, Webster and Springfield Railroad
• Spencer Railroad
• Springfield and North-eastern Railroad
  • Springfield, Athol and North-eastern Railroad
    • Athol and Enfield Railroad
• Ware River Railroad
• Western Railroad
  Western Railroad
  The following railroads have been known as Western Railroad or Western Railway:*Western Railroad of New Braunfels*Western Railroad of Alabama*Western Railway of Alabama*Western Railway of Arizona*Western Railway of Florida...
  
  
  • Western Railroad of Massachusetts

Cape Vincent Railway

Construction was completed to Cape Vincent in April 1852. The railroad from limerick to Cape Vincent was abandoned
84 years later, and all rails were removed in the summer of 1967.

Mohawk and Malone Railway

• Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railway
• Herkimer, Newport and Poland Railway
  • Mohawk Valley and Northern Railway
    • Herkimer, Newport and Poland Railway
• Herkimer, Newport and Poland Extension Railway
  • Mohawk and Adirondack Railroad
• Herkimer, Newport and Poland Narrow Gauge Railway

New Jersey Junction Railroad (leased 7–1–1886)

• Jersey City and Bayonne Railroad (stock)
• New Jersey Shore Line Railroad
  New Jersey Shore Line Railroad
  The New Jersey Shore Line Railroad was part of the New York Central Railroad and ran along the Hudson River in New Jersey, from the West Shore Railroad yards at Guttenberg north to the Erie Terminals Railroad at the Hudson/Bergen County line....
  
   (stock, absorbed 10–24–1914)
• New York and Fort Lee Railroad (leased, absorbed into NYC&HR 1886)
  • Hoboken and Hudson River Turnpike
  • New York and Bull's Ferry Railroad
• State Line and Stony Point Railroad (stock)

New York and Harlem Railroad (leased 4–1–1873)

• Fourth Avenue Street Railway (bought 1–31–1920)
• New York and Mahopac Railroad

New York and Putnam Railroad

• New York and Northern Railway
  • New York City and Northern Railroad
    • West Side and Yonkers Railway
  • Yonkers Rapid Transit Railway

New York Central Railroad

• Albany and Schenectady Railroad
  Albany and Schenectady Railroad
  The Albany & Schenectady Railroad, originally the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, was the first railroad built in the State of New York and one of the first railroads in the United States....
  
  
  • Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
• Cairo and Lake Huron
• Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad
• Catskill Railroad
• Columbus Northwestern Railway
• Saratoga and Hudson River Railroad
• Ulster and Delaware Railroad
  Ulster and Delaware Railroad
  The Ulster and Delaware Railroad Company was a Class I railroad located in New York State, headquartered in Rondout and founded in 1866. It was often advertised as "The Only All-Rail Route To the Catskill Mountains." At its greatest extent, the U&D ran from Kingston Point, on the Hudson River,...
  
  
• Utica and Schenectady Railroad

West Shore Railroad (leased 12-5-1885)

• Athens Branch
• Buffalo Lehigh
• New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway (changed name 12–5–1885)
  • North River Railroad
    • Jersey City and Albany Railway
      • Jersey City and Albany Railroad
    • North River Railway
• Syracuse, Ontario and New York Railway (absorbed 6–30–1891)
• West Shore and Ontario Terminal Company (absorbed 7–9–1901)

Toledo and Ohio Central Railway

• Atlantic and Lake Erie Railroad
• Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
  Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
  The Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad was a railroad that served the Upstate region in the period after Reconstruction.The Atlantic and Northwestern was formed when the Union, Gaffney City and Rutherfordton Railroad, chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1878, changed its name to the...
  
  
• Ohio Central Railroad
  • Columbus and Sunday Creek Valley Railroad
    • Ohio Central Railway
• Zanesville and Western Railroad

Ulster and Delaware Railroad (merged 1932)

• Rondout and Oswego Railroad
• New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad
  • Hobart Branch Railroad (absorbed 1884)
  • Delaware and Otsego Railroad (absorbed 1887)
  • Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Railroad (absorbed 1892)
  • Kaaterskill Railroad (absorbed 1892)

External links

• NYCRR family tree (PDF
  Portable Document Format
  Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
  
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• NYCRR family tree