The Lake Cities was a passenger train operated by the Erie Railroad and successor Erie Lackawanna Railway between Chicago and Jersey City, New Jersey and then Hoboken, New Jersey.
The Lake Cities in Marion, Ohio in 1969
The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Northeastern United States, originally connecting Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York. The railroad expanded west to Chicago following its 1865 merger with the former Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, also known as the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad.
Erie Railroad's 1834 rail line plan
Former Erie Railroad tracks pass through Nutley, New Jersey; the track on the left is out of service
The railway switch in Nutley, New Jersey
The Erie Limited, which traveled between New York City and Chicago