Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Chicago – New York Electric Air Line Railroad (CNY) was a proposed high-speed electric air-line railroad between Chicago and New York. At roughly 750 miles (1,210 km) it would have been over 150 miles (240 km) shorter than the two primary steam railroads on that route, the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad. The promoters' vision proved wildly optimistic and in the end only a short interurban route in the vicinity of Gary, Indiana was built and operated."@en }
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- Chicago_–_New_York_Electric_Air_Line_Railroad comment "The Chicago – New York Electric Air Line Railroad (CNY) was a proposed high-speed electric air-line railroad between Chicago and New York. At roughly 750 miles (1,210 km) it would have been over 150 miles (240 km) shorter than the two primary steam railroads on that route, the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad. The promoters' vision proved wildly optimistic and in the end only a short interurban route in the vicinity of Gary, Indiana was built and operated.".