(erielack) Erie-Lackawanna Railroad played important role locally

["Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>]

Erie-Lackawanna Railroad played important role locally
By Rob Piecuch • December 19, 2010, 12:00 am

Fifty years ago, on Oct. 17, 1960, two of the area's largest employers became one, as the Erie Railroad and its rival, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, merged to become the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad after years of negotiations and study. In reality, the EL was not truly a merger, as the larger Erie Railroad was the surviving company and former Erie management controlled the new company for its first three years.

Full article:
http://www.stargazette.com/article/20101219/VIEWPOINTS02/12190306/1121/Erie-Lackawanna-Railroad-played-important-role-locally

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey




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