Erie Lackawanna Ohio City Ohio

[Notch 8]

To know what the Erie was and to see the remains today makes hard to understand how it could happen that a railroad folds up and pulls the plug

[D.L.]

Who took these pix, they are great!

[Wayne Gest]

Hurricane Agnes in 1972 that caused the bankruptcy, too many routes from the east to Chicago, a bad decline in maintenance, a lack of plant modernization, made it an easy choice. If only it could have hung on for a few years, it would have made a great intermodal route. I don't know if the long discussed Santa Fe purchase was ever a real thing or a pipe dream, that would have been something that would have made it a super route, but it didn't happen. Had it lasted into Conrail and continued to be a route, I imagine L. Stanley Crane would have changed that with one inspection train trip.

[rrnut282]

There is a book titled "When the Railroad Leaves Town" and it describes the stagnation (and loss) that grips the location. Ohio City could be Exhibit "A".

[Notch 8]

Who took these pix, they are great!

John Bjorklund

[D.L.]

Thanks, he's a great photographer.