Erie Railroad Timetables (August, 1952)
Published: April 22, 2026
By: Adam Burns
Featured below is the Erie's complete public timetables from the August, 1952 issue of The Official Guide Of The Railways. At the time the railroad operated a condensed network of around 2,341 miles (1950), which included its Chicago main line and a crop of branch lines in New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
Its original main line across New York, completed in 1851, was one of the longest railroads in existence at the time at over 483 miles. The Erie was known for its pioneering technologies, from being the first railroad to use telegraph and air brakes to constructing some of the earliest sleeping cars. It was also notable for having a fully double-tracked main line to Chicago, which the Santa Fe even once eyed in acquiring following Conrail's creation.
It underwent several structural changes over its history, with notable reorganizations in 1861, 1895 and 1938 due to financial difficulties. The Erie merged with the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western in 1960 forming Erie Lackawanna.
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