I bought this film from Revelation yrs back. As a west end fan, the segments filmed at Marion were worth the price alone! Must've been something to watch the action there in the early 1970's!
They had a great locomotive paint scheme and a wide and interesting array of locomotives. They went for some big power with those six-axled Alcos and EMD SD45s, which made 3600 hp apiece. The Marion, Ohio depot and crossover diamonds was a striking feature here, to me. The C&O passenger train with the single E8, and the Erie Lackawanna, Penn Central, Norfolk and Western freights. EL seemed to have a lot of those classic F7s.
My grandparents lived on the main line of the Lackawanna west of Painted Post, N.Y., and I spent my summers there as a child. In many places, the main lines of the Lackawanna and Erie were within spitting distance. I remember the merger, and the Lackawanna tracks being taken up. Many good memories.
I remember sitting in traffic many times as a kid, watching EL freights pulled by E or F model locomotives. Mostly coal cars and boxcars, is what I recall. Passenger rail was already dead. Lots of freight trains still rolled through town, though.
As a youngster I remember the Erie Lackawanna that ran thru Bloomsburg Pa on the branch line from Scranton was a busy rail line right up to when Agnes incurred alot of damage to the rails along the Susquehanna river down to Northumberland/Sunbury.
The narration is a little muffled, there are no notes as to the location of the shots and the scenes are oddly spliced together but I appreciate this unique time capsule of the Erie Lackawanna!
I bought this film from Revelation yrs back. As a west end fan, the segments filmed at Marion were worth the price alone! Must've been something to watch the action there in the early 1970's!
They had a great locomotive paint scheme and a wide and interesting array of locomotives. They went for some big power with those six-axled Alcos and EMD SD45s, which made 3600 hp apiece. The Marion, Ohio depot and crossover diamonds was a striking feature here, to me. The C&O passenger train with the single E8, and the Erie Lackawanna, Penn Central, Norfolk and Western freights. EL seemed to have a lot of those classic F7s.
joy watching old trains
My grandparents lived on the main line of the Lackawanna west of Painted Post, N.Y., and I spent my summers there as a child. In many places, the main lines of the Lackawanna and Erie were within spitting distance. I remember the merger, and the Lackawanna tracks being taken up. Many good memories.
I remember sitting in traffic many times as a kid, watching EL freights pulled by E or F model locomotives. Mostly coal cars and boxcars, is what I recall. Passenger rail was already dead. Lots of freight trains still rolled through town, though.
The fireman @ 12:08 is alert enough to wait pass the dwarf signal - while looking the other way - before stepping off the loco and onto the platform.
As a youngster I remember the Erie Lackawanna that ran thru Bloomsburg Pa on the branch line from Scranton was a busy rail line right up to when Agnes incurred alot of damage to the rails along the Susquehanna river down to Northumberland/Sunbury.
There are some areas up that way that still haven’t recovered from Agnes.
@5:30, the track at lower right, splitting off is the Dayton,Ohio branch of the EL.
A few miles of this line is still in service west of Springfield.
Nice video ! Thanks !. love the Erie Lackawanna.
How sweet that EL was and is !
I ll take it back anyway !
I like this!!
Excellent 👍
The narration is a little muffled, there are no notes as to the location of the shots and the scenes are oddly spliced together but I appreciate this unique time capsule of the Erie Lackawanna!