Erie Lackawanna Railway
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The Erie Lackawanna Railway, known as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The official motto
An Erie Lackawanna train passes State Line Tower on the Indiana-Illinois border en route to Chicago in January, 1972
Erie Lackawanna MU cars at Gladstone station on April 25, 1970
Trains at the Erie Lackawanna rail yard in Waldwick, New Jersey on April 25, 1970
The Phoebe Snow at Hoboken Terminal in September 1965
Conrail
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Conrail, formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the comp
Erie Lackawanna Railway
…the extent, duration and record flood levels due to Hurricane Agnes in 1972. It would never recover. Most of the corporation's holdings became part of Conrail in 1976, ending its sixteen years as an independent operating railroad company. The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the merger on Sept. 13…
CR 6256 and 6469 at former Erie Yard in Gang Mills, New York on October 4, 1987
The 1975 Final System Plan left major parts of the Erie Lackawanna Railway and Reading Company out of Conrail
Conrail transfer caboose 18065 brings up the rear of a local freight passing Porter, Indiana, in the early 1990s
Conrail Shared Assets is jointly owned by CSX and NS, and uses locomotives from both companies