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(1) ex EL rpo baggage car #R29 at Warren,Oh - Dec 1978
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EL-rpo-baggage-R29-atWarrenOh-Dec78-2.jpg
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(2) ex EL rpo baggage car #R29 at Warren,Oh - Dec 1978
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EL3314_atAkronOh_Dec75.jpg
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EL U33C ? #3314 in Akron,Ohio - Dec 1976.
eastbound on the EL Chicago-Hoboken main.
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EL_MarionYds_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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E-L Marion Yds (and AC Tower) at Marion,Ohio -- March 1976.
Looking west on the Erie-Lackawanna New York-Chicago main it's a normal looking day at Marion for the E-L yards and shops (with the station on the left).
Unfortunately in 3 weeks Conrail will take over and reduce the Erie main from 20+ trains a day to a couple ,with most of the main line abandoned eventually.
The tower miraculously survived till 5-6 years ago ( the Erie main here was also a joint line at this point with the Penn Central - still operating today.
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EL3681_NortonOh_Dec75.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna #3681 near Norton,Ohio -- December 1975.
Eastbound on the EL Chicago-New York line - about 8 miles west of Akron.
Today one track remains from Akron to Rittman, operated by the Akron Barberton Cluster RR.
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EL1051_atSterlingOh_Dec75a.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna RS-3 at Sterling (Oh) Tower
Waiting on a signal, #1051 is working eastbound on a local (on the Erie Lackawanna Chicago-Hoboken line - about 21 miles west of Akron).
It will cross the B&O Washington-Chicago line at the tower. The two railroads paralleled each other for a few miles on either side of the crossing.
A B&O branch line north started at Sterling also.
Today - the EL line, tower and buildings are gone. CSX still operates both ex-B&O lines.
December 1975
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EL3314_AkronOh_Dec75.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna U33C #3314 at Akron,Oh -- December 1975.
Eastbound at JO interlocking in downtown Akron on the Chicago-Hoboken line. The B&O DC-Chicago line is to the right.
Today, CSX has two tracks at this location.
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EL3648_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Erie-Lackawanna SDP45 #3648 at Marion,Oh -- March 1976.
Pulling out of the EL yards at Marion headed east.
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EL3328_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Erie-Lackawanna GE U36C #3328 along with a SD45-2 gets ready for a trip out of town while a RS-3 works the yard in the background -- March 1976
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EL831_MarionOh_March.jpg
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Erie-Lackawanna E-8 units at Marion,Oh -- March 1976
My first attempt at night photography didn't turn out very well -- but at least the subject was interesting!
EL put about everything they had into freight service.
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EL1045_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Erie-Lackawanna RS-3 #1045 at Marion,Oh -- March 1976
#1045 is pulling cars out from the big EL yard in Marion.
The station is on the left and AC Tower above the cars.
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EL_Eunits_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Erie-Lackawanna E8 units at Marion,Oh -- March 1976
Waiting for their next assignment -- unfortunately it wasn't for the Lake Cities.
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westside_ELyard_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Rough yard trackage at the EL Marion,Oh yard -- March 76.
This is at the west end of the yard with an RS-3 working in the background.
Luckily this wasn't the mainline.
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EL_westside_yards_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Four E8 and a couple of SD45-2 wait to grab their trains for a trip west during the last weeks of the EL.
At the west side of the yard -- March 1976
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EL_MarionOh_yard_March76.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna yards at Marion,Ohio with a couple of RS-3 working.
This is the east side of the yards looking west.
I believe the line curving to the left is the Dayton branch.
March 1976
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EL3612_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna SD45 #3612 at Marion,Ohio
Along with a couple of E8 on the eastside of the still busy EL shops.
March 1976
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EL831_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Four Erie Lackawanna E8 sit at the service facility on the west side of the EL shops in Marion - waiting for a trip westbound later in the day.
March 1976
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EL1052_MarionOh_Mar76.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna RS-3 #1052 at Marion,Ohio.
Working the west side of the Marion yards and passing a long deadline of mostly RS-3.
I wonder what the crew was going to use the plywood (on the front of the engine) for?
March 1976
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EL_RS3_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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A couple of veteran Erie Lackawanna employees work near AC Tower in Marion during the last weeks of the EL.
March 1976
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EL_C311_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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EL caboose in Marion.
Westbound, passing AC Tower and the station heading into the yards.
It looks like a good fire in the stove onboard.
March 1976
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EL_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 leading with an RS-3 trailing ,crosses the C&O,headed westbound into the yards at Marion.
March 1976
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EL1029_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna RS-3 #1029 working the west end of the yard.
I have not been in this area since '93 -- but even then it was hard to tell that there ever was a railroad here.
March 1976
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EL831_MarionOh_March76a.jpg
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Four EL E8 head west out of the Marion yard. The second unit was #810 - one of the two E8 demonstrator units delivered in 1951.
March 1976
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EL_deadline_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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On the west side of the Marion shops -- an all Alco deadline. Mostly RS-3 with a few S4.
EL deferred maintenance.
March 1976
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EL_Eunit_MarionYd_March77a.jpg
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EL E8 at the Marion,Ohio yards.
This was my first attempt at night photography -- it didn't turn out so well but it was a lot of fun running around the EL yards that night.
March 1976
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ELsign_@Akron_March76.jpg
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EL sign at Akron
These signs were at the Erie Lackawanna freight yard near downtown
March 1976
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EL_yard_blds_atAkronOh_March76.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna yard offices at Akron,Ohio
Some structures and trackage at the EL yard.
I believe CSX today uses the two tracks (rebuilt of course) to the left , with everything else (railroad) in this shot gone.
Note the PRR whistle sign in the middle for the Hudson-Akron-Warwick-Orrville line. The EL route is on the far right with the B&O
on the left. This view is looking west.
March 1976
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EL414_atAkronOh_March76.jpg
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Erie Lackawanna NW2 #414 sits at the long gone EL yard near downtown Akron.
March 1976
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ELyard_atAkronOh_March76.jpg
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This is the Erie Lackawanna yard in Akron, looking east.
The tracks to the right are the EL, Chessie (B&O)and a Penn Central line.
This was shortly before Conrail.
Conrail would raze the buildings, tear out some tracks and store cars here for a couple of years before total abandonment.
Today, CSX has a two track main past this area.
March 1976
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EL_westendMarionYd_MarionOh_March76.jpg
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A busy day at the west end of the Erie Lackawanna yards/shops in Marion,Ohio.
A couple of RS-3 engines work the yard, while on the left a pair of SD45-2? wait for a consist to take west.
The 4 E8 in the background would eventually take a freight west also.
I kept an eye on the E units as they took all day to work their way from the shops to this point.
March 1976
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EL at Marion_March76.jpg
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(1) At the west end of the yards in Marion a SD45-2 (#3676) and a SDP45 (#3650) leave with a freight.
March 1976
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EL at MarionOh_March76.jpg
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A pair of SDP-45 units and an RS-3 cross the C&O headed west into the yard at Marion,Ohio.
The line curving off to the left was (I believe) the EL line to Dayton.
March 1976
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EL_MarionYd_March76.jpg
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An EPA nightmare at Marion
Cleaning up rail sites has to be a tough job, and the Erie Lackawanna yards at Marion,Ohio was a rough one.
About a month before Conrail it was business as usual for the EL. Conrail operated the shop and yards for a while but eventually they left and I imagine areas such as this needed to be cleaned up.
This was at the west side of the shops.
March 1976
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EL units at Marion_March 76.jpg
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At the west end of the yards in Marion,Ohio are U36C #3316 and SDP45 #3646 in the weeks before Conrail.
March 1976
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EL_RS3_Marion_March76a.jpg
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"Racing" EL RS3 units at Marion
Working hard on the west side of the Erie Lackawanna yards/shops.
March 1976
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EL-rpo-baggage-R29-atWarrenOh-Dec78-1.jpg
EL-rpo-baggage-R29-atWarrenOh-Dec78-2.jpg
EL3314_atAkronOh_Dec75.jpg
EL_MarionYds_MarionOh_March76.jpg
