EL 1227 leads SF-100 through Hillsdale, NY, on Mar 2, 1975.
Erie Lackawanna U33C 3304 and an SD45 companion have just arrived at Maybrook, NY, with interchange traffic for the former New Haven RR. Penn Central would soon reroute traffic away from this trad... (more)
EL Alco C425 no. 2456 is in the company of an Amtrak E unit at Burlington Northern's Interbay roundhouse in Seattle, WA. The Alco was one of several sold by Conrail to British Columbia Railway aft... (more)
EL SD45 no. 3603 and an SDP45 await their eastbound assignment at the locomotive servicing area at Burlington's Dayton Bluff Yard at St. Paul, MN. This late December day featured morning temps aro... (more)
Three E units lead a manifest freight west through Griffith in 1975.
A bit of sunlight makes its way through the Hoboken trainshed to illuminate a pair of hulking GE U34CHs that await their next trip to the suburbs. The 32 U34CHs built for the Erie Lackawanna and l... (more)
A EL switcher and a northbound D&H freight wait for westbound PB-99 to change crews and head west.
As two trains meet a tail end crew member of the eastbound is on the platform of the caboose to inspect the passing train. It was not uncommon for the EL to run short freights on the Southern Tie... (more)
Two F-3A's in pusher service await their next assignment in front of the station that was built in 1863 by the Erie.
Erie Lackawanna power began showing up on D&H freights in 1968 when the two roads came under N&W control through Dereco.
EL 833 and its two E8A mates switch a cut of cars at Griffith in 1975. The C&O line is visible in the distance.
WR1 (Wilkes Barre, PA - Rouses Point, NY) and its return, RW-6 were the daily manifests to and from Rouses Point. RW-6 was called "The Paper Train" because a large part of its consist w... (more)
The Erie-Lackawanna acquired a large number of new hoppers in the early- to mid-1970’s, and a lot lasted intact well into Conrail’s existence. Here a car built in April, 1974 rolls through Rea... (more)
The regionally famous Broad street interlocking tower is visible in the distance as a manifest freight gets the signal to proceed westward, in 1975.
Two EL SDP-45's and a GP-35 are on the head end of a D&H northbound freight waiting in the siding for a meet. Unfortunately my notes say it is only north of Binghamton but not the exact location.
Three, six-motor EMD's are inside the D&H Colonie Shops. Seemingly out of place, but with both the D&H and EL being under the N&W Dereco arrangement since 1968 it was not uncommon to see EL power ... (more)
The last D&H southbound "Laurentian" has made its station stop and accelerates out of Port Henry. Many of the faithful rode from Montreal to Port Henry, which was the farthest south we ... (more)
Two leased EL E-8's lead "The Laurentian" southbound on the Napierville Junction Railway a mile south of the connection with the CP at Delson. In a week these units will be returned to ... (more)
Three EMD E units switch out a cut of cars just east of the regionally famous Broad Street interlocking tower at Griffith in 1975.
This last southbound run of The Laurentian is being fuelled and watered by shop crews at the station. It would be another three years before passenger service returned to the D&H with The Adirond... (more)
The "storm of the century" is raging but the Canadian Pacific station staff have cleared enough snow off the platform for the few passengers to board the D&H train to New York City. The D&H's fou... (more)
Three big, six-motor EMD's move out of the D&H Colonie Shops. Seemingly out of place, with both the D&H and EL being under the N&W Dereco arrangement since 1968 it was not uncommon to see EL powe... (more)
Two Erie Lackawanna veterans, GP7 1234 and SW1200 459, are on the engine tracks of the former Lehigh Valley’s Coxton Yard. While processing this photo, I realized that the top of the Sullivan Tr... (more)
Erie Lackawanna GP7 1233 is tied down next to the stone roundhouse in Bangor, Pennsylvania. I don’t know the circumstances, but it appears that the veteran EMD has a freshly repainted short hood... (more)
Conrail is well over a year old, but a lot of operational changes are still in the planning stages. The former EL Lackawanna Cutoff is still intact, and through trains still pass through East Stro... (more)
The operator's view of the morning rush from the Montreal West tower. Two E-8's power a very short overnight D&H Montreal Limited up the South Junction Lead while a CP Lakeshore commuter train pow... (more)
The operator and the fireman confer after the train was delayed while the sectionmen cleaned the switches. It will now proceed onto the Napierville Junction to Rouses Point, NY and then on to New... (more)
Nothing is moving on the CP Adirondack Subdivision as the sectionmen battle Mother Nature. The D&H passenger train, with EL E-units, is stopped at the home signal at the CN diamond in the distanc... (more)
Erie-Lackawanna Alco C424 2415 w-BAR GP7 62 at Marion, Ohio.
Right after FO-2 passed, an EL eastbound passes through the semaphores. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo
My father and I made several trips to Sayre, PA during the last years of the Lehigh Valley. We always stayed at O'Brien's Inn in Waverly, NY, which I recall had a picture of LV 628s in the dining... (more)
The RDCs and the smokestack in the background indicate that Erie Lackawanna U33C 3315 is an out-of-town visitor as it lays over beneath the sand towers at the Boston & Maine's Boston Engine Termin... (more)
EL310 shoves its train across a rural crossing as it steadily rains
Erie Lackawanna SW-7 429 at Croxton Roundhouse
Erie Lackawanna U33C 3304 at Croxton Yard
Erie Lackawana SW-9 450(DL & W 555) works Croxton Yard
GP 7 1404 waits for an assignment in the sun at Croxton Yard.
Some 950 miles out of Hoboken, NJ, the Erie Lackawanna's Lake Cities is on its last lap into Chicago's Dearborn Station as a pair of E8s lead it through Griffith, IN. This was the EL's last remain... (more)
An exquisitely restored Erie Lackawanna Office Car arrived early for the Railfest at Steamtown.
Getting some mechanical attention
Erie-Lackawanna GP35 2556 and 2583 with Penn Central GP38 7905 at Altoona, PA. on October 26, 1976. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.
Erie-Lackawanna EMD F3(A) 6561, Alco PA's 852, 855, C425 2516, GP7 1408 and C425 2508 at Lima, Ohio on December 10, 1969. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.
EL 2572 makes a transfer move at Ashland Avenue yard on Chicago's south side. Somebody must have been proud of this unit as it is spotless!
The “launch pad” located behind Erie Lackawanna’s Diesel Shop in Marion, Ohio served as an interesting backdrop for roster-type shots, and permission to photograph was easy to obtain. EL C... (more)
Global cooling was the name of the game as minus 22 degree weather greeted EL 3652 and SD45 3603 at Burlington's Dayton Bluff Yard. CB&Q was proactive in making run-through agreements for motive p... (more)
Only a couple of months into the creation of Conrail, an Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 and SDP45 head east along the former Penn Central Chicago Line. Tom Golden photo.
A pair of year-old EMD SDP45s blast upgrade with empty autoracks nearing the old iron bridge at Shin Hollow near Huguenot, New York. This was once triple track, which at some point was reduced ... (more)
I ran across this negative from my father's collection recently. He showed me nearly all of his slides over the years, but I haven't seen some of his B&Ws. I don't have any information on this p... (more)
On a hazy summer evening, several GP7s showed up in Port Jervis still wearing the post-merger black and "light imitation gold" paint. These former Erie units lacked dynamic brakes. Th... (more)
Repeating a scene that has been a daily occurrence for over a half-century, a set of former DL&W MU cars has cleared the Bergen tunnels, and will begin negotiating its path to the correct track at... (more)
The head brakeman is aligning the switch for a westbound manifest freight led by three E units, just east of the legendary Broad street tower. The C&O line is visible in the distance.
An Erie Lackawanna freight with interchange cars destined for New England pulls into the former New Haven yard at Maybrook, NY, behind a U33C/SD45 duo. When this photo was taken in June 1969 Penn ... (more)
This train of ex Lackawanna MU's will momentarily depart the Summit NJ station for Hoboken Terminal. Note the unique horn design above the engineer's compartment which is sure to get his attention... (more)
Erie Lackawanna GP7 1227 with the local "Roustabout" at Kingsland station Lyndhurst, NJ in July 1975.
Always something to see at Steamtown. As I was informed via comment, Office Car. Thanks for the info.
Trains PB-99 and PB-100 were expedited piggyback trains operating between Chicago and Boston via the Erie Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson, and Boston & Maine, using pooled power from all three lines... (more)
An eastbound Erie Lackawanna freight off the Delaware Division approaches the yard at Port Jervis, NY, behind an F7/F3B duo. Lead unit 6114 seems to have lost its nose logo somewhere along the way... (more)
An early era Conrail meet is seen at Ebony on the former PRR Chicago-Fort Wayne line.
URHS's historical railroad equipment sits idle at the Boonton restoration facility. This equipment is earmarked for the future New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center, a museum that was original... (more)
An SD45/SDP45 duo accelerates a westbound freight out of the Erie Lackawanna's Port Jervis, NY, yard on a fall morning. The EL's SDP45s were not built for passenger service, but made use of the lo... (more)
The spring runoff has raised the Delaware River above its banks, but the Erie Lackawanna is high and dry as a trio of U25Bs leads an eastbound freight from the Pennsylvania side into New York and ... (more)
An Erie Lackawanna freight stretches out through the yard as it prepares to depart west from Port Jervis, NY, on the Delaware Division, behind a C425/GP35 lashup.
The head brakeman aligns the switch for a Chicago bound manifest freight, led by three E units, just east of Broad street in 1975.
HISTORIC LINEUP... The only surviving Erie Lackawanna U34CH is parked outside of the Star Track restoration building in Boonton, N.J. This locomotive is part of the United Railroad Historical Soci... (more)
Empty coal hoppers from Bethlehem Steel begin their journey back to the mines. The early Conrail motive power consist includes an Erie-Lackawanna SD45, a Penn Central GP30, and a Reading C424.
Last Day For 54 years, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western’s original 1930 MU cars served its suburban electrification. On their first journey they were piloted out of Hoboken by ... (more)
April 6, 1977, a Conrail Morristown Line local passenger train pulls into Millburn, NJ on its way to Hoboken.
Looking exactly the same as it did in its Erie Lackwanna days, a set of Pullman Standard Dieseliner Push Pulls cars and a GE U34CH head north on a cloudy day in Ridgewood. As most know, these cars... (more)
Eastbound EL train passing through Pullman Junction
Not what I expected to see as I rolled through Kansas on the original routing of Route 66. Seems like an unusual spot to find an Erie Lackawanna locomotive.
Eastbound EL train picking up orders Pullman Jct south side of Chicago
Erie Lackawanna EMD GP7 1206 (Ex-Erie Railroad unit, with same number). No photographer listed on slide.
"Silent U-Boat" Sitting dormant is the face of passenger railroading in New Jersey from the 1970s-1990s, the U34CH. The U34CH was capable of running both freight and passenger tr... (more)
Roster shot of Erie Lackawanna Alco PA2 857, former Erie Railroad 857 at Marion, Ohio May 28, 1967. No photographer listed, photo from my slide collection.
Streamliners at Spencer
EL SD45 3607 sits on display at the Museum of Transportation.
Southbound out of Chicago on a hazy June morning.
The Erie Lackawanna invested heavily in EMD’s “45” line, starting with 34 SD45’s purchased in 1967-8. Wanting to add range to the next order for the big fuel guzzlers, the EL bought 34 fau... (more)
Erie-Lackawanna EMD SDP45 No.3636.
Erie-Lackawanna EMD SD45 No.3632.
Westbound Erie Lackawanna train with GP35 No.2575 and two SD45-2's at Mountain View, New Jersey in February 1976.
Erie-Lackawanna F3(A) 7064 (former Erie No.708D) and Rock Island F7(B) No.23 at Fort Worth, Texas January 1967. Leased and run-through pooled power visited the Rock Island in the Sixties. Unknown... (more)
Erie-Lackawanna EMD SDP45 No.3651 with a total of 34 units (3635-3668). The units were built on the long SDP underframe to allow adequate space for a 5000 gallon fuel tank.
A westbound Erie-Lackawanna freight with two EMD SD45's 3629, 3632 and a GE U25B No.2525.
Mixed power sit in the morning sun at 51st street yards in Chicago. In the background are the landmarks of the Chicago Skyline and my blue Maverick.
Built at Erie's Dunmore,PA shop in 1946, this caboose was restored as Erie Lackawanna C224 in 2013. It now serves as a static display. Next to the main structure in The Station Agent. The "b... (more)
For several years after the Erie-Lackawanna was absorbed into Conrail, the classic Lackawanna electric service into Hoboken continued on. Here, a Sunday local heads to Hoboken on a bright fall da... (more)
