New York Central Railroad

American Class I railroad (1914-1968)
Organization railway_company Q1371464
New York Central Railroad
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Summary

New York Central Railroad is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,766 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • New York Central Railroad is in the country of United States[3].
  • New York Central Railroad's instance of is recorded as railway company[4].
  • New York Central Railroad's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • New York Central Railroad was followed by Penn Central Transportation Company[6].
  • New York Central Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as Helmsley Building[7].
  • New York Central Railroad's Commons category is recorded as New York Central Railroad[8].
  • December 23, 1914 marks the founding of New York Central Railroad[9].
  • New York Central Railroad was dissolved in 1968[10].
  • New York Central Railroad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New York Central Railroad[11].
  • New York Central Railroad's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[12].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as New York and Harlem Railroad[13].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway[14].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway[15].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Toledo and Ohio Central Railway[16].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Ulster and Delaware Railroad[17].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Cleveland Short Line Railway[18].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Mohawk and Malone Railway[19].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as New York and Putnam Railroad[20].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Railway[21].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Syracuse Junction Railroad[22].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad[23].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad[24].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Detroit and Chicago Railroad[25].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad[26].
  • New York Central Railroad's replaces is recorded as New York Central and Hudson River Railroad[27].

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Founding

December 23, 1914 marks the founding of New York Central Railroad[9].

Identity

New York Central Railroad was followed by Penn Central Transportation Company[6].

Operations

New York Central Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as Helmsley Building[7].

Dissolution

New York Central Railroad was dissolved in 1968[10].

Why It Matters

New York Central Railroad ranks in the top 2% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,766 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . google.com. google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → new-york-central-railroad
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'no', 'pt', 'sv', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: new-york-central-railroad, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289952361|new york central railroad (#289952361)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/"
  2. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Country → United States
    Replaces → New York and Harlem Railroad, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway +13
    Different from → New York Central Railroad
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 483C-1DA8-6D2E-9883-9FB3, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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