Erie Railroad EMD F3(A) No.8051; renumbered by Erie-Lackawanna, original Erie number 805A.
Hammond, Indiana
September 1961
Photographer unknown
Erie E-units before & after Akron Ind by Mark LLanuza on Flickr.
Top: Erie Lackawanna freight train passing the depot in Akron, Indiana, a few days before the railroad was assimilated into Conrail in 1976. Photo by Don Ellison
Bottom: In 2017, only the depot remains. Photo by Mark Llanuza.
Erie Alco S1 309 by Chuck Zeiler on Flickr.
Erie S1 309 at Pullman Junction on the south side of Chicago, Illinois on April 20, 1965. Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Erie Alco PA #852 by Twigy BNSF on Flickr.
Caption: “This is an extremely rare photo of this beautiful Alco PA #852 dressed in the Erie Railroad. The PA was built in April of 1949 and was painted in two different paint styles. The one here is in its second paint style. This photo was taken in March of 1960.”
Chicago
March 1960
Caption: “Erie Lackawanna Alco PA1 856 at Lowe Park in Chicago, Illinois on October 31, 1965, Kodachromes by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in September 1949 as Erie PA1 856 (c/n 77104), one of 12 Erie PA1's numbered 850-861. They retained the Erie road numbers when they became Erie Lackawanna locomotives (class PA-20 on the EL), and at the time of this photo, the PA1's had been re-geared for freight service. All were traded to EMD for new power during 1969.”
Caption: “Railroads operated less-than carload (LCL) freight terminals in major cities. Erie’s 14th Street freight house in Chicago, for example, loaded regularly scheduled cars to 41 destinations and received cars from 32 other freight stations in the 1930s.”
Erie Railroad photo
Rock Island trains seen from the 16th Street tower along Clark Street, looking north toward the Loop. Note the old Erie Railroad Freight Station on the right. Today this area has been developed into the commercial/residential “South Loop”.
Chicago
1977
Photos by Mark Llanuza
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EL Alco S2 523 by Chuck Zeiler on Flickr.
Caption: "Erie S2 523 at 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois on May 9, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1949 (c/n 76779) it retained its Erie road number after the Erie Lackawanna merger (October 17, 1960) and was classed MSA-10. It was equipped for MU operation. That's a nice freshly painted N&W boxcar behind, for the record, it's NW 219245."
Erie Lackawanna 7314 at Normal & 51st in Chicago on April 21, 1964 by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: An FA1 built 11/48 as Erie 731D
EL812-640331 EL 812 With Train #5, The Lake Cities, at Burnham Tower Here the CSS&SB, C&WI and NKP crossed the SC&S(PRR). Note the South Shore Overhead Landscape E8A blt 1951 as DL&W 812 by railfan 44 on Flickr.
Erie Lackawanna 812 With Train #5, The Lake Cities, at Burnham Tower. Here the CSS&SB, C&WI and NKP crossed the SC&S (PRR). Note the South Shore Overhead Landscape. The E8A locomotive was built in 1951 as DL&W 812. Chicago Photo by Marty Bernard
Erie Lackawanna, March 31, 1964, Hammond, IN by Marty Bernard
Erie Lackawanna 522 at Hammond, IN on March 31, 1964 by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: 522 is an Alco S2. The other unit is an EMD F3A.
Caption: "I'm inside the EJ&E tower at Griffith Ind 1975 with westbound SDP-45's. I went back there in 1982 inside the same tower. The Erie has shut down forever - rusted rails and weeds. The old C&O rails are long gone as my friend Steve Smedley walks the old line to nowhere." Photos by Mark Llanuza
Caption: "Erie Lackawanna used a number of rare and interesting units in freight and transfer service in the Chicago area. This transfer freight preparing to depart EL's 51st Street Yard is led by regal Alco PA1 856, an EMD F3B (both in Erie Railroad colours) and an F7A. They will take the interchange cars from here and head for EL's Hammond Yard, just east of 'SL' Interlocking Tower in Hammond, IN. There, more cars will be added and new power will be traded for this classic lineup. Date and photographer not known, James E. Humbert collection."
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