Category Archives: Erie Railroad

Chicago to Cleveland or Pittsburgh: 5 railroad routes until the 1950s

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

As I left Chicago recently on Amtrak’s Capitol Limited, riding over former New York Central rails toward Cleveland on almost the same schedule as New York Central’s Lake Shore Limited, I ate dinner in the diner and then lay in … Continue reading →

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Erie Limited and Wabash Cannonball

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

To give some railroad variety to today’s posts, above is the eastbound Erie Limited along the Canisteo River near Hornell, NY. The Erie Railroad managed to go from New Jersey (greater New York City) to Chicago and miss all the major cities in … Continue reading →

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