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New York, Lake Erie And Western Railroad

New York, Lake Erie And Western Railroad

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Erie Railroad.

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad: 1878–1895

The Erie still did not see profits, and was sold in 1878 via bankruptcy reorganization to become the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad. On June 22, 1880, the railroad's standard-gauge conversion process was completed.