Amtrak
Griffith, Indiana
June 1976
Erie Lackawanna before and after
1975 and 1999
Griffith, Indiana
Photos by Mark Llanuza
"It's March 27th 1976 only a few days left for the Erie Lackawanna. We're at Griffith Indiana with this eastbound coming into Griffith with four E-units. We saw this train on I-80 we raced like hell to get this shot as we jumped out of the car at the last minute to capture this eastbound."
Photo by Mark Llanuza
A westbound Erie-Lackawanna freight crosses Broad Street in Griffith, Indiana
June 1975
Before and after:
Erie Lackawanna ROW, Griffith, Indiana
1975 and 1992
Photos by Mark Llanuza
Erie Lackawnna E-units Griffith April 1975 by Mark LLanuza Via Flickr: “It’s April 1975 the head brakeman is talking to the engineer before making a switch move to interchange with the EJ&E at Griffith Ind in the pouring rain.”
Photo by Mark Llanuza
“Don’t the brakeman look good, mama, flagging down the Double E?” (It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry)
Source: flickr.com
“It's February 10, 1976, and the Erie-Lackawanna has less than two months to live, at least as a breathing, living railroad. Conrail's birth on April 1 will prove the end of this proud class one. The EL's plans to survive have died and even an attempt to be taken over by the Chessie System has crumbled due to the harsh economic conditions in the east. But here in Griffith, IN life goes on as a pair of GP35's cross Broad Street with a transfer run for the Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern. They'll deliver their train to the J's small yard and return light power, no caboose.”
Griffith, Indiana
February 10, 1976
Photo by Bill Johnson
Source: Flickr / wrongmain
Alco leads the way by Zeolite C O Via Flickr: Well...on this day anyway. This Century is leading two streamlined EMD's eastward. We're at Griffith, Indiana in November of 1974.
Source: Flickr / zeolite_c_o
921 pulls Rocky through the snow by Zeolite C O Via Flickr: “EJ&E workhorse 921 heads west with Rocky directly behind him. Some flakes are just starting to fall. I have not seen the 921 or Rocky around here in quite some time.”
Griffith, Indiana
December 1974
Source: Flickr / zeolite_c_o
Railroad professionals by Zeolite C O Via Flickr: “EJ&E brakeman Tom King and Conductor Ray Cheney take time out from their busy day to let me grab a photo. These guys were great. They always took time out to answer my many questions about railroading. I was a pain in the ass.”
Griffith, Indiana
March 1975
Photo by Zeolite C O
Source: Flickr / zeolite_c_o
Before and after at Griffith Indiana by Matthew Ditton Via Flickr: A before and after at Griffith Indiana along the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. The first shot was taken by Mark Llanuza of an eastbound at Broad Street in 1975. The current photo was taken by me on 5/4/19. If you look close you can still see a couple telegraph poles and one of the signal bases.
Source: Flickr / mattditton1976
They looked and sounded great by Zeolite C O Via Flickr: “Dual Erie Lackawanna ‘E's’ take freight westward through Griffith, Indiana in the summer of 1974. Unless you eat some magic mushrooms or find a hit of Mr. Natural, you won't see this anymore on what is now the Erie Lackawanna biking trail... Canon QL-17 rangefinder on Kodachrome-X.”
Source: Flickr / zeolite_c_o
EL, Griffiths, Indiana, 1972 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art Via Flickr: Eastbound Erie Lackawanna Railway freight train with E-units
Griffith, Indiana
March 31, 1972
Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art.
Bjorklund-54-02-15
Source: Flickr / railphotoart
Erie E-units March 29th 1976 Griffth Ind by Mark LLanuza Via Flickr: “It’s March 29th,1976, a few more days left of the Erie Lackawanna. We saw this eastbound going under I-80 and raced to Griffith at high speeds to get this shot of four E-units crossing Cline Ave. My long-time friend Steve Smedley at the far right in the white shirt was lucky enough to get out of the car in time. This was his first time ever shooting on the real main line of the Erie a few days before it all ended.”
Griffith, Indiana
March 29, 1976
Photo by Mark Llanuza
Source: flickr.com
From Classic Trains: “Elgin, Joliet & Eastern’s Baldwin twin-engine center-cab DT-66-2000 No. 726 has a short local freight in tow approaching the C&O diamond at Griffith, Ind., in September 1965. The 726 was built in 1950 as No. 126 and got new Baldwin prime movers and the number 726 in 1961.”
Photo by Chris Burger
“The regionally famous Broad Street interlocking tower is visible in the distance as a manifest freight gets the signal to proceed westward.”
Griffith, Indiana
1975
Photo by George M. Stupar