The Southern Railways trackage provided an ideal extension of the New York Central from Buffalo to Chicago .
By 1914 , Cornelius Vanderbilt of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad held a majority interest in the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway .
The Southern Railways trackage provided an ideal extension of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad     from Buffalo to Chicago .
By 1914 , Cornelius Vanderbilt of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad held a majority interest in the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway .