Editing Cornelius Vanderbilt (section)

===New York Central and Hudson River Railroad===
[[File:1880 Grand Central.jpg|thumb|Looking out the north end of the [[Murray Hill Tunnel]] towards [[Grand Central Depot]] in 1880; note the labels for the New York, Harlem and New York, and New Haven Railroads; the New York Central and Hudson River was off to the left. The two larger portals on the right allowed some horse-drawn trains to continue further downtown.]]

Once in charge of the Harlem, Vanderbilt encountered conflicts with connecting lines. In each case, the strife ended in a battle that Vanderbilt won. He bought control of the [[Hudson River Railroad]] in 1864, the [[New York Central Railroad]] in 1867, and the [[Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway]] in 1869. He later bought the Canada Southern as well. In 1870, he consolidated two of his key lines into the [[New York Central and Hudson River Railroad]], one of the first giant corporations in United States history.<ref name="Stiles"/>{{rp|391–442, 474–520}}

[[File:Grand Central Terminal MetLife Building Park Ave viaduct Summer Streets.jpg|thumb|left|[[Grand Central Terminal]] below the [[MetLife Building]] in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] in 2012]]