THE WATER LEVEL ROUTE

The New York Central System, operating 11,000 miles of railroad           ^^^   V

in eleven states and Canada, directly serves the great industrial and
agricultural area between the Atlantic Seaboard and the Mississippi
Valley, and through numerous connecting railroads, links this popu¬
lous area with tlie remainder of the United States and other countries

V,      NEW YORK CENTRAL-MICHIGAN CENTRAL-BIG FOUR      v^
BOSTON % ALBANY- PITTSBURGH S LAKE ERIE