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Gauge change of Atlantic & Great Western Railroad[edit]

When the gauge was changed from 1829 mm to standard gauge of 1435 mm? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.113.114.94 (talk) 08:40, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After the AG&W was out of the picture. See below.Snile (talk) 19:01, 18 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest First Para. Edit[edit]

From first paragraph: "The owners of the three railroads had been working closely together since an October 8, 1852 meeting in Cleveland to plan an expansion of the "Great Broad Route", the Erie Railroad, through their respective areas."

Text from Wikipedia entry "Erie Railroad" History: "New York and Erie Rail Road: 1832-1861"

"Erie Railway: 1861-1878 In August 1859 the company went into receivership due to the large costs of building, and on June 25, 1861 it was reorganized as the Erie Railway. This was the first bankruptcy of a major trunk line in the U.S."

"New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad: 1878-1895"

Suggested Correction: the phrase "plan an expansion of the "Great Broad Route", the Erie Railroad, through their respective areas" to have removed "the Erie Railroad" because: 1) The Erie Railroad didn't exist until 1861 under the name "Erie Railway", 2)the original quote does not contain the phrase "the Erie Railroad" [1], 3)the existing railroad that would expand through their respective areas would be the "New York and Erie Rail Road" which existed 1832-1861...at the time of the October 8, 1852 meeting in Cleveland.

Doc Fusion (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:11, 25 March 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Broad gauge?[edit]

The article on locomotive engineer Samuel Cochrane says that at least part of this railroad was once broad gauge and was converted to standard gauge. Details, please! --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:21, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If that were the only flaw of the article, I'd be pleased. According to Ohio Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, they reported 6 foot gauge (183 cm) in Ohio from 1863 to 1876, after which they reported multiple gauges. In 1878, they reported only 57 3/8 inch gauge(146 cm). Atlantic and Great Western did not submit a report for 1879, presumably having merged, renamed, or dissolved. From those reports, AG&W did not covert to standard gauge. Snile (talk) 18:58, 18 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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