Roger Grant's authoritative title, "Erie Lackawanna: Death Of An American Railroad, 1938-1992," the first train of dignitaries ran the entire length of the system on April 22nd that year. The Erie was the jewel of New York and was the only railroad at the time to boast a route of i...
Here at the New York & Lake Erie Railroad, we offer passenger excursion train rides in the countryside of Cattaraugus County. We run seasonal, holiday, sightseeing, wine, and event trains all year-round. Perfect for the whole family.
Trains moved right along on the former Erie Railroad mainline and racing ahead of it in a Dodge Dart, I parked and leaped out of the car at a preselected location at milepost 320 (measured from Jersey City) and began to set up my photograph. I was working with equipment I borrowed from...
Because of the railroad's small size, while healthy, passenger service was not significant on the M&E system. Because of this, when other forms of transportation, like automobiles, began making inroads into the passenger business the M&E discontinued service rather quickly. ...
Features Harvey Springstead, a locomotive engineer who works in the passenger train of Erie Railroad which runs from New Jersey to New York. His Educational background; Career highlights; Achievements in railroads received by Springstead.CURTIS SPRIN...
battleshiplike exteriors did little to lift the spirits at a time when the entire nation needed a pick-me-up. As noted railroad historian John H. White, Jr. put it in The American Railroad Passenger Car, "Some hope during these gloomy years was offered by a new design concept called str...
freighters docking at Conneaut Harbor to steel mills located around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. B&LE complemented its ore movements with the haulage of bituminous coal from the mines of western Pennsylvania, and the railroad also totted its share of general freight and operated limited passenger ...
Daniel Hormann May 22, 2006 Tags eriehobokenrailroadterminal Erie Railroad Covered Wagon Hoboken N.J. 834 There are no comments to display. Media information Category Mainline Excursions Added by Daniel Hormann Date added May 22, 2006 View count ...