Erie railroad and the delaware, lackawanna and western railroad. The new erielackawanna adopted the rectangular lackawanna logo and added the. See more ideas about train, locomotive and railroad photography. Company store erie lackawanna railroad historical society. The primary data source is the companys erie magazine. A book for railfans rather than an historical monograph. In 1960 the erie merged with the delaware, lackawanna, and western rr to form the erie lackawanna. After arrival at marter yard, the sdp45 will remain in conrail paint for a period of time before finally being repainted as erie lackawanna no. Hardcover with dust jacket, 480 pages, published in 1974 by d. The erie lackawanna railway the official motto of the line was the friendly service route. Lackawanna railroad penney vanderbilt and kc jones. He is the author of several books on american history and railroad industry, including, the corn belt.
Erie lackawanna diner 741 was constructed by the pullman car company at pullman, ill. The erie railroad had a number of facilities in ohio including the one in kent as seen in this card postmarked 1914. Ns repaints erie lackawanna sd452 in original colors. Erie lackawanna successor railroad to the delaware.
Erie lackawanna sdp45 to leave virginia for ohio trains. Erie lackawanna story, the book hoboken historical museum. The delaware, lackawanna and western railroads hoboken terminal is the only active surviving railroad terminal alongside the hudson river and is a nationally recognized historical site erielackawanna railroad. The eries history began during the industrys earliest days and was once a dominant eastern carrier during the 19th century. Originally known as liggets gap railroad, it was chartered in 1851 as the lackawanna and western. Home railroads archives publications join online news events store contact links log in shopping cart home railroads. This is the definitive photo history of the erie lackawanna railroad, with a heavy emphasis on motive power. The erie was the jewel of new york and was the only railroad at the time. The locomotive was the first locomotive of ordered by the predecessor railroad.
In 1976 the organization and five other lines the had gone bankrupt were merged to form the conrail system, which in 1999 became part of the csx and norfolk southern railroads. Industrial vernacular style alludes to buffalo and susquehanna railroad. This book is a history of the management of the erie lackawanna railroad, the unique railroad that goes from new york to nowhere. The erie railroad in history, photographs, and postcards. Roger grant is professor of history at the university of akron. Mg300 scope and content note erie lackawanna railway. Eventually it ran from the lackawanna valley in pennsylvania west to buffalo, n. The delaware, lackawanna and western railroads hoboken terminal is the only active surviving railroad terminal alongside the hudson river and is a nationally recognized historical site. Erie railroad terminal jersey city past and present. After years of watching this locomotive sit in the yard, now is our chance to provide it with a better future and bring it back to northeast ohio, the former hub of the erie lackawanna railway.
Railroads in buffalo buffalo architecture and history. During the first decade of the 1900s, the railroad underwent a substantial modernization and improvement project, which was documented extensively by companyhired photographers. The erie lackawanna railroad historical society, inc. Towns like chester and rockaway grew up around the railroads and mines that sustained them, and this book is a. The time period covered here is mainly erie from the early days circa 1851 through the first two years of. An online gallery featuring a variety of images from the anthracite railroads of eastern pennsylvania. Anthracite railroads historical society digital archive. Plans are under way to open the lines again in 2003. This 50year saga of the weary erie goes far beyond describing in brilli. Delaware, lackawanna and western railroad company, american railroad built to carry coal from the anthracite fields of northeastern pennsylvania. The lackawanna railroad in northeastern pennsylvania by. In 1956, the erie railroad moved out of the pavonia terminal for the lackawanna terminal in hoboken.
They were commonly found on drills and yard jobs across the entire erie and later, erielackawanna system. If you click on a link and it doesnt seem to work, then you need to turn off your popup blocker. Erie lackawanna railroad historical society home facebook. Also included in this book are locomotive rosters for each. The books include works on specific railroad companies, histories of particular.
The erielackawanna railroad was one of the three major cleveland components of the conrail network which included the new york central railroad and the pennsylvania railroad. It expanded west to chicago with its 1941 merger with the former atlantic and great western railroad, also known as the new york. Railroad books tristate railway historical society. The book starts with the erie rr, and provides a history of that road, before going into the erie lakawanna and all of its trials and tribulations, with a few bright spots along the way toward the conrail merger. High quality erie lackawanna gifts and merchandise. The erie railroad reporting mark erie was a railroad that operated in the northeastern united states, originally connecting new york city more specifically jersey city, new jersey, where eries former terminal, long demolished, used to stand with lake erie. In 1963 the company dropped the hyphen and became simply the erie lackawanna railroad. For a brief time, it was the longest rail artery in the united states, hailed as the most stupendous engineering feat ever attempted in america. As the author vividly shows, the erie possessed an uncommonly interesting history. This website is dedicated to preserving the memory of these railroads. To commemorate the erie railroad anniversary, toms train terminal will set up a display of erie railroad model freight cars, and i will do a book signing on remembering the erie lackawanna. Delaware, lackawanna and western railroad wikipedia. Erie lackawanna diesel locomotives, volume 1 railroad book. This 50year saga of the weary erie goes far beyond describing in brilliant detail the turbulent last decades of a colorful, spunky, and innovative railroad.
Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Death of an american railroad, 19381992, the first train of dignitaries ran the entire length of the system on april 22nd that year. Diner 741 erie lackawanna dining car preservation society. Erie lackawanna c177 caboose whippany railway museum. If youre riding new jersey transits main line, port jervis line, bergen county line, boonton line, and many others, youre riding the exerie lackawanna. Guide to the erie lackawanna railway company records.
Railroads in this region, like the lackawanna and central railroad of new jersey and their predecessors, greatly influenced the communities they served. Dust jacket has edge wear with small tears, book itself is in. The erie system, its organization and corporate history, by george h. Shoemaker was elected vicechairman of the new erie lackawanna railroad, with the expectation that he would be appointed president within a few months. The history and future of the garment industry union. This book focuses on diesel switchers that operated throughout the erie lackawanna system. The erie lackawanna railway was formed march 1, 1968, as a subsidiary of dereco, the holding company of the norfolk and western railway, which had bought the railroad.
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