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.