The Lake Cities

The Lake Cities

Erie Railroad
July 3, 1938

Train Number

Daily

▼

Miles

Services

▲

Daily

7 10P

New York, NY (West 23rd St. Ferry) (ET)

8 05A

7 30P

0.0

New York, NY (Chambers St. Ferry) (ET)

7 54A

7 50P

1.0

Jersey City, NJ (ET)

7 40A

RF 8 10P

12.5

Passaic, NJ

DF 7 19A

RF 8 19P

16.7

Paterson, NJ

DF 7 12A

RF 8 29P

21.8

Ridgewood, NJ

DF 7 03A

RF 8 43P

31.9

Suffern, NY

49.5

Monroe, NY

9 19P

59.7

Goshen, NY

6 12A

9 33P

67.1

Middletown, NY

6 00A

10 07P

88.2

Port Jervis, NY

T C

5 25A

10 12P

5 20A

DF11 01P

122.4

Narrowsburg, NY

4 33A

11 22P

136.2

Callicoon, NY

12 44A

192.6

Susquehanna, PA

T C

2 50A

1 35A

215.1

Binghamton, NY

T C

2 12A

DF 1 45A

223.7

Endicott, NY

T C

DF 1 47A

256.2

Waverly, PA

T C

1 12A

2 48A

273.8

Elmira, NY

T C

12 50A

3 13A

291.2

Corning, NY

T C

12 24A

302.3

Addison, NY

T C

12 07A

4 04A

332.3

Hornell, NY

T C

11 31P

Connecting Service Hornell-Buffalo

Connecting Train Number

4 20A

332.3

Hornell, NY

T C

11 15P

4 28A

338.0

Arkport, NY

4 38A

344.0

Canaseraga, NY

F 4 53A

356.3

Dalton, NY

5 12A

366.4

Castile, NY

10 22P

5 17A

369.1

Silver Springs, NY

10 15P

5 29A

376.4

Warsaw, NY

10 03P

5 55A

393.6

Attica, NY

9 35P

6 02A

397.5

Griswolds, NY

6 07A

399.7

Darien Center, NY

6 15A

405.3

Alden, NY

F 9 14P

6 20A

408.2

Marilla, NY

6 23A

409.5

Town Line, NY

6 30A

414.2

Lancaster, NY

6 33A

415.5

Depew, NY

6 43A

422.1

East Buffalo, NY

6 55A

425.2

Buffalo, NY (Lehigh Valley Tml.) (ET)

8 45P

New York-Cleveland Section

4 13A

332.3

Hornell, NY

T C

11 25P

4 52A

358.5

Wellsville, NY

T C

10 47P

F 5 26A

383.3

Cuba, NY

5 46A

395.7

Olean, NY

T C

9 56P

6 10A

413.6

Salamanca, NY

T C

9 31P

Through Sleeper New York-Bradford

557

Connecting Train Number (Erie)

6 35A

0.0

Salamanca, NY

T C

9 05P

7 10A

17.1

Bradford, NY

T C

8 30P

6 17A

413.6

Salamanca, NY

T C

9 23P

6 41A

431.1

Randolph, NY

7 06A

447.3

Jamestown, NY (Chautauqua Lake)

T C

8 44P

7 43A

474.2

Corry, PA

T C

8 03P

7 59A

485.6

Union City, PA

F 7 45P

8 18A

501.2

Cambridge Springs, PA

T C

7 27P

8 37A

515.9

Meadville, PA

T C

7 08P

8 42A

7 03P

9 17A

542.1

Greenville, PA

6 26P

9 41A

558.2

Sharon, PA

6 01P

10 01A

571.8

Youngstown, OH

T C

5 38P

Connecting Train Number (Pittsburgh & Lake Erie)

8 30A

Pittsburgh, PA (ET)

9 16A

47.3

New Castle, PA

9 55A

64.9

Youngstown, OH (Erie Sta.)

Continuing Train Number (Erie RR)

10 10A

571.8

Youngstown, OH (Erie Sta.)

T C

5 30P

F10 23A

580.6

Niles, OH

T C

F 5 17P

10 34A

585.7

Warren, OH

T C

5 08P

DF10 52A

601.6

Garrettsville-Hiram OH

T C

11 26A

632.7

Cleveland, OH (East 93rd St)

T C

R 4 13P

11 31A

635.0

Cleveland, OH (East 55th St)

T C

4 08P

11 40A

638.3

Cleveland, OH (Union Tml.) (ET)

T C

4 00P

Erie Railroad

AIR-CONDITIONED TRAINS.
Air-conditioned equipment has been assigned to regular sections of trains as shown herein. Every effort will be made to provide it as specified, but the right is reserved to employ non-air-conditioned cars as necessitated by volume of traffic or emergencies.

WESTBOUND.

EASTBOUND.

THE LAKE CITIES.
Train No. 5—Daily.
NEW YORK-BUFFALO-CLEVELAND.

EQUIPMENT.

Air-Conditioned Sleeping Cars—

New York to Cleveland—10 Section, 2 Compartment and Drawing-room.

New York to Bradford—12 Section and Drawing-room.

(Sleeping Car may be occupied at Bradford until 8:00 a.m.)

Air-Conditioned Lounge Dining Car—

New York to Port Jervis.

Hornell to Youngstown.

Air-Conditioned Individual Seat Coaches—

New York to Cleveland.

Coaches...Hornell to Buffalo..

THE LAKE CITIES.
Train No. 6—Daily.
CLEVELAND-BUFFALO-NEW YORK.

EQUIPMENT.

Air-Conditioned Sleeping Cars—

Cleveland to New York—10 Section, 2 Compartment and Drawing-room.

Youngstown to New York—12 Section and Drawing-room Car (operates Sunday only).

Bradford to New York—12 Section and Drawing-room.

Air-Conditioned Lounge Dining Car—

Youngstown to Hornell.

Port Jervis to New York.

Air-Conditioned Individual Seat Coaches—

Cleveland to New York.

Coaches...Buffalo to Hornell..

(Additional Notes on Cleveland-Youngstown-Pittsburgh page [448])

EQUIPMENT
★Indicates Air-Conditioned Cars—See Note.

EASTBOUND.

No. 6—Daily.—★Sleeping Car (10 Section 2 Compartment and Drawing-room Car) Cleveland to New York.

★Lounge Dining Car Youngstown to Hornell.

★Individual Seat Coach Cleveland to New York.

WESTBOUND.

No. 5—Daily.—★Sleeping Car (10 Section 2 Compartment and Drawing-room Car) New York to Cleveland.

★Pullman Parlor Car and ★Coach Pittsburgh to Cleveland.

★Lounge Dining Car Hornell to Youngstown.

NOTE—Air-Conditioned Trains—Air-conditioned equipment has been assigned to regular sections of trains as shown herein. Every effort will be made to provide it as specified, but the right is reserved to employ non-air-conditioned cars as necessitated by volume of traffic or emergencies.

Looking at the map, it's apparent that this advertisement dates from after Erie moved their midtown Manhattan ticket office from No. 36 to No. 8 West 40th St. (which occured sometime between January 1927 and February 1933) but from before the date that the office moved to Rockefeller Center (which occurred between May 1936 and September 1938). I couldn't find any reference to this trainside taxi service in the Erie pages of any of the Official Guides that I do have in this period, so I presume it was rather short-lived. Just before the war years began, though, I see that Erie began running bus service from its Jersey City Terminal to 42nd Street and the Rockefeller Center office; this would become its primary passenger connection to and from Manhattan during the war and in the years after.

Railroad heralds, logos and trademarks used with intent to comply with Fair Use provisions of U.S. copyright and trademark law to illustrate the source material in its historical context. Erie Railroad herald obtained from Erie Lackawanna Historical Society.

LEGEND

Time:

A - A.M.

D - Train stops only to discharge passengers

F - Conditional (Flag) stop

I - Customs/Immigration inspection stop

M - Meal stop

N - Not a passenger stop

P - P.M.

R - Train stops only to receive passengers

Services:

A - Auto loading/unloading facilities (as freight)

B - Checked baggage is handled

C - Coupon station (Ticket office)

I - International border inspection station

M - Food service available

P - Telephone station

R - Rental cars available

T - Telegraph station

X - Checked baggage NOT handled

Correspondent Jack Norris provided me with the Erie's advertisement which appears below regarding their door-to-train taxicab service available to passengers boarding at Jersey City. While I wasn't able to date it precisely (see below for more info), this timetable hails from the same general era. The Lake Cities of this vintage served New York, Buffalo and Cleveland; after the war years it would be consolidated with the Midlander and extended all the way to Chicago...itself a "Lake City", of course.

From the pages of the Official Guide, September 1938

Erie RailroadJuly 3, 1938

(Additional Notes on Cleveland-Youngstown-Pittsburgh page [448])

Erie Railroad
July 3, 1938