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The Erie Lackawanna Railway was formed on March 1, 1968, as a subsidiary of Dereco, the holding company of the Norfolk and Western Railway, which had bought the railroad. On April 1, the assets were transferred as a condition of the proposed but never-consummated merger between the N&W and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway .
Finally, Shoemaker sought and won a merger agreement with the Erie Railroad, the DL&W's longtime rival (and closest geographical competitor), forming the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. The merger was formally consummated on October 17, 1960. Shoemaker drew much criticism for it, and would even second-guess himself after he had retired from railroading.
The Erie Limited was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Erie Railroad between Jersey City, New Jersey (for New York City) and Chicago, Illinois via the Southern Tier. It operated from 1929 to 1963. After the merger of the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) in 1960 it was known as the Erie-Lackawanna Limited ...
Erie Railroad's 1834 rail line plan An 1855 map of the New York and Erie Railroad. The New York and Erie Rail Road was chartered on April 24, 1832, by New York governor Enos T. Throop to connect the Hudson River at Piermont, north of New York City, west to Lake Erie at Dunkirk.
The Stourbridge Line (reporting mark DLS) is a shortline railroad that operates 25 miles (40 km) of former Erie Lackawanna Railroad trackage between Honesdale and Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, where it connects with Norfolk Southern Railway. The line was previously owned by the Lackawaxen-Honesdale Shippers Association and operated under contract ...
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad: 2307 Pullman: DL&W High Roof MU Coach Type 1: 1916-1920 Erie Lackawanna #3307, NJ Transit #4307 329 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad: 2329 Pullman: DL&W High Roof MU Coach Type 1: 1916-1920 Erie Lackawanna #3339, NJ Transit #4339. Equipped with a bell and ditch lights 330 Delaware, Lackawanna ...
4109 painted in heritage Central Railroad of New Jersey scheme. EMD GP40PH-2B: 4200–4219 1965–1969 1993–1994 19 Ex-Penn Central. 4208 painted in Conrail heritage paint scheme. 4210 painted in Erie Railroad heritage paint scheme. 4219 was rebuilt from GP40PH-2A 4148, which was damaged in 1996. [1] EMD F40PH-2CAT: 4119, 4120 1981 2
In 1960, DL&W and Erie Railroad merged to form Erie Lackawanna Railway, eliminating competition for shipping rates to M&E. By the 1970s, the Northeastern railroad industry was in decline, and M&E looked to alternative revenue streams. The Morristown shop was leased to a locomotive rebuilder for a period of time, but it was not enough.