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New York Central System Historical Society, Inc.: Alco's "Niagaras" of ...
Intended for long-distance, heavy-duty passenger service over the Water Level Route, they rivaled the emerging diesel in horsepower, efficiency and availability.
New York Central Railroad - Wikipedia
It was chartered in 1826 to connect the Mohawk River at Schenectady, New York, to the Hudson River at Albany, providing a way for freight and especially passengers to avoid the extensive and time-consuming locks on the Erie Canal between Schenectady and Albany.
New York Central Railroad: Map, History, & The Water Level Route
Marketed for generations as The Water Level Route, the Central linked New York City with Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Cincinnati, Boston, and Montreal over a network that, at its peak, approached 12,000 route miles.
New York Central Niagara - Wikipedia
Despite the size limitations imposed on the design, the Niagaras were the largest locomotives on the New York Central, and Beech Grove was the only shop on the railroad that could accommodate them.
Richard Leonard's New York Central Collection -- S-1a 4-8-4 6000
Intended for long-distance, heavy-duty passenger service over the Water Level Route, the New York Central's Niagara 4-8-4s rivaled the emerging diesel in horsepower, efficiency and availability.
Alco New York Central Niagara - Revivaler
So the big name trains such as the “Twentieth Century Limited” and the dozen daily trains from New York to Chicago, “The Chicagoan”, “The Commodore Vanderbilt”, and “The Empire State Express” were all being hauled at typical one hundred miles per hour speeds along the Central’s “Water Level Route”.
NYCSHS - New York Central System Historical Society
Its famed "Water Level Route" - from New York City, north to Albany NY and then west through Buffalo NY, Cleveland OH, and onto Chicago - is still used by Amtrak today.
Did the NYC coin the phrase "Water Level Route"? - Facebook
Between Chicago and Buffalo Central Terminal, Michigan Central Railroad's "Niagara Falls Route", via Detroit and southern Ontario, was actually shorter, faster, and less-congested than New York Central's "Water Level Route", via Toledo and Cleveland.
Technology & Living Standards - New York State Railroads
The New York Central was known as the "Water Level Route" because its main line from New York City ran along the Hudson River, the Mohawk River, and the flat lands south of Lakes Ontario and Erie.
NYC-Railroad@groups.io | Niagaras on the P&LE
The Niagara's drivers imposed 68,750 pounds on each axle (if balanced perfectly -- more later) and the wheelbase was about 20 feet, so 13,750 pounds per foot. And the Niagara would have been moving twice as fast so each pound would have had more impact.
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