Simplify the following text for a Grade 13 native English-speaking person.
Original: By the late 19th century , shipping lines were using Hoboken as a terminal port , and the Delaware , Lackawanna & Western Railroad ( later the Erie Lackawanna Railroad ) developed a railroad terminal at the waterfront .
Simplified: By the 19th century , shipping lines were using Hoboken as a port , and the Delaware , Lackawanna & Western Railroad ( later the Erie Lackawanna Railroad ) had became a railroad center at the waterfront .