This timetable isn’t a lot different from yesterday’s. Erie had three daily trains between Jersey City and Chicago plus six more that terminated at places like Port Jervis or Middletown, New York. Yesterday’s timetable showed summer schedules, which don’t show … Continue reading
“Enjoy some of the most beautiful scenery in the Eastern United States — right from your Erie car window,” advises the front-page ad on this timetable (the image below being the back cover). “The Erie follows the valleys of the … Continue reading
This booklet introduces “the splendid new Erie Limited,” which was inaugurated on June 2, 1929. This train “provides 25 hour service at the lowest fares available.” The train in fact took slightly less than 25 hours to go between New … Continue reading
As a westerner used to major corridors being historically served by two or, at most, three railroads, I find the New York-Chicago line-up of railroads to be somewhat bewildering. This corridor was dominated, of course, by the New York Central … Continue reading
The owners of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, later shortened to the NYPANO Railroad, leased it to the Erie, giving that road connections to Cincinnati and Cleveland This timetable gives a better look at the Erie’s express trains … Continue reading
Due to repeated bankruptcies, what became known as the Erie Railroad after 1895 was previously known as the New York & Erie (1832-1861), the Erie Railway (1861-1878), and the New York, Lake Erie & Western (1878-1895). One of its problems … Continue reading
Jointly issued by nine different railroads in 1948, this brochure unfolds into the equivalent of a 12-page 8″-by-9″ booklet. About a quarter of the brochure describes the “East’s luxurious modern trains,” while most of the rest features potential destinations. The … Continue reading
The Erie Railroad was another also-ran in Chicago-New York service, unable to compete against the New York Central and Pennsylvania except in the cities that it uniquely served along the way. Some of these blotters from the Dale Hastin collection … Continue reading
