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 of the line was "The Friendly Service Route".
Trains at the Erie Lackawanna rail yard in Waldwick, New Jersey on April 25, 1970
Erie Lackawanna MU cars at Gladstone station on April 25, 1970
An Erie Lackawanna train passes State Line Tower on the Indiana-Illinois border en route to Chicago in January, 1972
The Phoebe Snow at Hoboken Terminal in September 1965
The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Northeastern United States, originally connecting Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York. The railroad expanded west to Chicago following its 1865 merger with the former Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, also known as the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad.
Erie Railroad's 1834 rail line plan
Former Erie Railroad tracks pass through Nutley, New Jersey; the track on the left is out of service
The railway switch in Nutley, New Jersey
The Erie Limited, which traveled between New York City and Chicago