The New York Central Railroad (NYCRR) was formed on December 22, 1914, as a consolidation of the companies listed below. It later merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form Penn Central.
The NYCRR owned stock in the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad and the Lake Erie and Western Railroad, but sold it in July 1917 and April 1922, respectively.
Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad
Also known as the Mohawk and Malone Railway, the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad was built by Dr. William Seward Webb. The line crossed the northern Adirondacks at Tupper Lake Junction, just north of Tupper Lake. Webb began by purchasing the narrow gauge Herkimer, Newport and Poland Railroad, which ran 16 miles from Herkimer to Poland. He then had track built from Tupper Lake to Moira and thence to Montreal. This was variously called the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad and the Mohawk and Malone Railway. It opened in 1892 from Malone Junction to Childwold Station with a branch from Lake Clear Junction to Saranac Lake. After 1893, it was controlled by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, and in 1913, it merged with the Central as the "Adirondack Division".
Air Line Railway of Michigan
Allegheny and Western Railway
Amsterdam, Chuctanunda and Northern Railroad
Aurora and Cincinnati
Bailey Run, Sugar Creek and Athens Railway
Beech Creek Extension Railroad
Canoe Creek Railroad
Clearfield Southern Railroad
Bowman's Creek Railroad
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad (original)
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway
Cairo and Vincennes Railroad
Central Railroad of Indianapolis
Central Union Depot and Railway Company of Cincinnati
Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis Short Line Railway
Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad
Cincinnati and Southern Ohio River Railway
Cincinnati and Springfield Railway
Cincinnati Northern Railroad
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway
Cincinnati, Van Wert and Michigan Railroad
Celina, Van Wert and State Line
Columbus and Northwestern Railway
Michigan and Ohio Railroad
Allegan and Southeastern Railroad
Cincinnati, Hamilton, Middletown and Toledo
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad
Cincinnati, Dayton and Eastern Railroad
Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway
Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railroad
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
Bellefontaine Railway
Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railway
Cleveland, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
Columbus, Hope and Greensburg Railroad
Columbus, Indianapolis and Western
Columbus, Springfield and Cincinnati Railroad
Mount Gilead Short Line Railway
Mount Gilead Short Line Railroad
Peoria and Eastern Railway
Indianapolis Union Railway
Indianapolis Belt Railroad and Stock Yards
Indianapolis Belt Railroad
Union Railroad Transfer and Stock Yards
Indianapolis Belt Railway
Cleveland Short Line Railway (merged 1915)
Cleveland Union Terminals Company
Cornwall Bridge Company (merged 1917)
Detroit and Chicago Railroad (original)
Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad (original) Chartered in 1855, the Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad (DM&T) ran from Detroit, Michigan, south-southwest along the shore of Lake Erie to Monroe, Michigan. It crossed the state line into Ohio, where it ran into Toledo, Ohio. The line was completed on December 25, 1856. The DM&T leased itself in perpetuity to the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad (MS&NI) on July 1, 1856. The MS&NI merged with the Lake Shore Railway in 1869 to form the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (LS&MS). The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad achieved a controlling interest in the LS&MS in 1877, and the two companies merged in 1914 to form the New York Central Railroad. The DM&T's assets were merged into the NYC on January 1, 1915.
Dolgeville and Salisbury Railway (merged 1917)
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad (original) Conewango Valley Railroad Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railroad
Elkhart and Western Railroad (merged 1915)
Fulton Chain Railway (merged 1916)
