Remembering The Erie Lackawanna Railroad

Remembering The Erie Lackawanna Railroad Written By Mr. Kyle Schu **As I Do Not Own This Video** The Video Is Shared By My Late Friend Mr Ed K, AKA Edward Kaspriske So Please Watch Video At https://youtu.be/oyCB0nJTNq0 Friends Most of us seem to forget about the railroad of yesteryears past so today then let's a trip back in time as we Remembering The Erie Lackawanna Railroad where it was more so commonly called the (EL) RR when history takes us back to day gone by in year really The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the merger on September 13, 1960, and on October 17th the Erie Railroad and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merged to form the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. . And Then was The Erie Lackawanna came to be of A byproduct of the merger of the Erie and Delaware and Lackawanna Western railroads. (DL&W) RR that Parallel routes vying for a dwindling traffic base caused the merger. Through the years, highway and rail competitors, a heavy commuter operation drain, government regulations, and natural disasters continually punched EL into bankruptcy. In 1976, EL became part of Conrail along with five other roads in the region. Many of the EL lines in Ohio and Indiana are gone, some to the east went to Norfolk Southern, the NYS&W, and the Delaware and Lackawanna out of Scranton PA. The EL was known as the friendly service route, and it certainly was to its fans! It was a railroad doomed from its inception, but in spite of all of the challenges managed to run an efficient operation on pure guts, and great employees. It is truly missed even today. as now most of them tracks have been torn up and there gone for good when i guess you can say sadly enough On November 27, 1966, the EL terminated the Phoebe Snow for good, leaving the Lake Cities as the EL's last long haul passenger train using Phoebe Snow diner cars and sleeper service, a service that ran until the Lake Cities also was discontinued on January 5–6, 1970. The trademark tavern Lounge cars were placed in storage again after the final run, although they appeared occasionally at the rear of special trains until sold off. or as The EL discontinued its last long-distance passenger train, Lake Cities, on January 6, 1970, about 16 months before Amtrak took over most U.S. passenger train operations. Amtrak might have taken over the Hoboken-Chicago operation, but observers speculated that the EL wanted to rid itself of its passenger trains before that could happen. On November 13, 1979, three years after Conrail assumed operation of the former EL lines, Amtrak operated an inspection train over the former route of the Phoebe Snow between Hoboken and Scranton to determine the feasibility of restoring rail service between the two cities, and to try to prevent the abandonment of the Lackawanna Cut-Off. Dubbed the Pocono Day Express, it was the last passenger train to run over the route of Phoebe Snow in the twentieth century. Amtrak was facing budget cuts that threatened numerous routes across the country at that time, however. The addition of a new route, one which had not seen a passenger train in nearly a decade, was a low priority. since the EL RR was a locally known PA Coal Region railroad as bigger more up in the Scranton PA area as well as NY / NJ / OH / Too even they owned 2 sets of main line tracks in Chicago and whole state of Illinois ETC, but now are just no longer when many Remembering Erie Lackawanna Railroad for them such MU power coach Cars that did not need a a whole train to run and very time saving because of less crew or like the awesome news On January 25, 2008, when New York Senator Charles Schumer announced that Amtrak and the New York Department of Transportation were studying a proposal to create a passenger rail line between Syracuse, New York; Binghamton; and Scranton, with service on to New York City via a restored Lackawanna Cut-Off. Unlike the original Phoebe Snow train, which terminated at the ferry terminal in Hoboken, the new service would reach New York's Pennsylvania Station via the Kearny Connection. Although Schumer's proposal reportedly has been shelved in favor of a routing via Albany, New York, New Jersey Transit is pursuing a proposal to offer commuter rail service between Scranton and New York. to even Around 1900, just as the DL&W launched a marketing campaign around the fictional character called Phoebe Snow known to many a woman all in white who never was a mess but truly did emphasize how the exhaust from its steam locomotives was cleaner than competitors' locomotives, as a result of using anthracite coal. where the Erie Lackawanna Railroad still used her name for them such classy marketing ads until they ended the rail passenger service down in late 60's / early 70's as like Phoebe Snow famous quotes where: Phoebe Snow about to go upon a trip to Buffalo “My gown stays white From morn till night Upon the Road of Anthracite” or Now Phoebe may by night or day enjoy her book upon the way Electric light dispels the night Upon the Road of Anthracite. or Miss Phoebe’s trip Without a slip Is almost o’er. Her trunk and grip Are right and tight Without a slight. “Good bye, old Road of Anthracite!” – Earnest Elmo Calkins When After World War II, the character was briefly resurrected in an attempt to revive the struggling Lackawanna line. A streamlined passenger train, the “Phoebe Snow,” debuted in 1949 and ran until 1966. Like other passenger railroads, it couldn’t survive increasing competition from buses, cars, and airplanes. Incredibly, in a time before mass media as we understand it, Phoebe Snow became a household name. While the character, along with popularity of rail travel, has faded into history, she and her creators left an indelible mark on modern advertising so can come in a true understandance in Remembering The Erie Lackawanna Railroad forever and always Thank You Thee End ! Mr. Kyle Schu