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Re: (erielack) Question of the day

"HiballHum_@_aol.com" wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> Of all the lists to which I su bscribe, the EL list is by far the most
> interesting and useful one.
> I immensely enjoy learning all about the history and operations of my
favorite
> railroad! I have noticed that, perhaps necessarily so, that most of the
posts
> here relate to operations east of Marion, OH. I have found that most books
and
> magazine articles also deal with the East end.
>
> My memories of the Erie Lackawanna are far different. I grew up in
Riverdale,
> IL, hard by the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal; Indiana Harbor Belt;
> Pennsylvania (Panhandle/PCC&StL); New York Central (MC}; Rock Island;
Grand
> Trunk Western; Illinois Central; Chicago & Western Indiana; and Chicago &
> Eastern Illinois Railroads! Whew! The images I have, both in my memories
and on
> film, are of long transfers from Hammond to Bensenville over the IHB with
> strings of E-Units and occasionally Alco PA's; Hot piggyback/UPS trains
through
> Griffith behind SD45-2's; Alco S2's in premerger Erie paint kicking out
cars
> along the Hammond Yard throat; and varnish behind twin PA's coming by the
tower
> at State Line! This and much more is the essence of a very different Erie
> Lackawanna as it existed on the elusive west end.
>
> I would like to see more space here devoted to the history and operation
of
> lines west. I have a fairly significant collection of photographs I have
taken.
> I would also invite others to share their remembrances of life and times
along
> the "other" EL.
>
> I hope to hear from others in this regard.
>
> Markers,
>
> J.E. Humbert
> "HiballHum_@_aol.com"
> BLE Div.#494, Canadian Pacific Railway
> St. Paul, MN

J.E.,

Perhaps you would like to get together with Paul and share some of those
images
via the EL list member's page.
I am sure those of us who had heard (but didn't truly believe) that the EL
went
west of Port Jervis or Scranton would like to hear about your memories of
this
rumored railroad. It sounds like you have a lot to offer.

Steve
- --
Chauffeur to the Masses
BLE Div. 171, Hoboken, NJ
http://userweb.interactive.net/~gumby/
http://people.csnet.net/stevekay/



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