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(erielack) Anniversary

It seems hard to believe that we are coming up on the 30th anniversary
of the creation of Con Rail - yes the original spelling.  I was
wondering what was going on 30 years ago at this time on the EL.  Was
the company fully engaged in forwarding freight from other carriers?
Were changes being made in operations that would reflect the company
would no longer be a major carrier?  What was going on at the Midland
Building?  How long did it take for CR to close that operation down?
One last note about EL:  I usually saw the Business Train Consist laying
over in Hoboken.  Did it make periodic trips to Cleveland to pick up
Gregory Maxwell and other officials?  Was there hope among employees
that Chessie would pick up the eastern end?

 

It must have been a pretty tough time for employees even with the salary
protection built in to the takeover because a lot of employees would
have to move to keep a job with CR or any other railroad.  Since I was
working in the Toledo area, I started to see the familiar EL yellow
trucks show up at Central Union Terminal.  I really got a surprise one
day when I say one of the Keyser Valley Built DL&W cabooses on the end
of a TOFC train on the old NYC main going into Toledo.  It have been
repainted blue and white with the "can opener" logo on it.

 

Ed Montgomery



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