Erie Railroad Company stock from 1869
The Erie Railroad Company was one of the first railroad companies in the United States of America . The beginnings go back to the year 1832. It was built to create the shortest connection between New York and Lake Erie and thus the other great lakes . It was economically successful and was able to expand westward to Cleveland and Chicago .
The line was first built in broad gauge of 1829 mm (6 feet) and later received a third rail by 1878 in order to make it usable for the other, regular-gauge railways. By 1885, the line was converted to the standard gauge of 1435 mm.
The railway was involved in the biggest railroad speculation in 1872 by Daniel Drew , Cornelius Vanderbilt , Jim Fisk and Jay Gould .
In 1960 the company merged with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad . In 1976 it became part of the Conrail .
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Existing routes (if not specified: 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz):
Bever – Scuol-Tarasp (11 kV 16 ⅔ Hz) |
Dessau – Bitterfeld – Neuwiederitzsch |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Reutte (Ausserfernbahn, originally 15 kV 15 Hz) |
Leipzig-Wahren-Leipzig-Mockau-Schönefeld |
Lötschbergbahn |
Mariazellerbahn (6.5 kV 25 Hz) |
Mittenwaldbahn (originally 15 kV 15 Hz) |
Salzburg – Freilassing – Berchtesgaden |
Pontresiner line (11 kV 16 ⅔ Hz) |
Pressburger Bahn |
Wehratalbahn (originally 15 kV 15 Hz) |
Wiesentalbahn (originally 15 kV 15 Hz)
Lines that were later re-electrified (if not specified: 11 kV 25 Hz):
Ammergaubahn (originally 5.5 kV 16 Hz, then 5 kV 16 Hz) |
Cannes – Grasse (12 kV 25 Hz) |
Dessau – Bitterfeld (initially 5 kV, then 10 kV 15 Hz) |
Hamburg-Altona light rail and suburban railway (6.3 kV 25 Hz) |
Harlem River – New Haven – Cedar Hill Yard (New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad) |
Königszelt – Gottesberg (Silesia) (15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz) |
Martigny-Orsières Railway (8 kV 15 Hz) |
Montréjeau – Pau (12 kV 16 ⅔ Hz) |
Seetalbahn (5.5 kV 25 Hz) |
Stamford – New Canaan (New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad) |
New Haven Line (New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad)
Lines no longer electrically operated: 180th Street – Columbus Avenue – New Rochelle / White Plains-Westchester Avenue (New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, 11 kV 25 Hz) |
Hoosac tunnel (11 kV 25 ⅔ Hz) |
Nieder Salzbrunn – Halbstadt (15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz) |
Rochester – Mt. Morris (Erie Railroad, 11 kV 25 Hz) |
St. Clair Tunnel (3.3 kV 25 Hz)
Closed routes:
Chemins de fer départementaux de la Haute-Vienne (10 kV 25 Hz) |
Maggia Valley Railway (5 kV / 800 V 20 Hz, later 1200 V =)
Test
farms : Oranienburg ring line (6.3 kV 25 Hz) |
Schöneweide – Spindlersfeld (6 kV 25 Hz) |
Seebach – Wettingen (15 kV 15 Hz) |
Stockholm – Järfva (5… 22 kV 25 Hz) |
Tomteboda – Värtan (5… 22 kV 25 Hz)
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