The book begins at the ferry operations in jersey city before proceeding westwards to port jervis, binghamton and buffalo with side trips to greenwood lake and the northern branches, before moving on to pennsylvania, ohio, hammond, indiana and ultimately. The liability of a railroad company for injury caused by negligent operation of its train to a pedestrian on a muchused, beaten path on its rightofway along and near the rails depends, in the absence of a federal or state. Publications erie lackawanna railroad historical society. The book begins at the ferry operations in jersey city before proceeding westwards to port jervis, binghamton and buffalo with side trips to greenwood lake and the northern branches, before moving on to pennsylvania, ohio, hammond, indiana and.
Erie railroad herald obtained from erie lackawanna historical society. This volume covers the surviving files in alphabetical order from kennedy, ny to new york harbor facilities and marine operations. Testors to discontinue model master, aztek, and pactra brands. New york central railroad railroad history covered wagon norfolk southern old trains steamers diesel. Researching old railroad records to find family members. If you click on a link and it doesnt seem to work, then you need to turn off your popup blocker. Nov 25, 2019 the erie railroad war was a bitter and prolonged financial battle for control of a railroad line waged in the late 1860s. Harold werthweins erie railroad harold werthweins erie railroad shows how a lifetime of study and exploration can change an armchair modeler into the owner of an 85 x 30 foot layout. Erie railroad all photos and other information reflected on this page are credited to jim sponholzs erie railroad web site. Most of the information comes from back issues of the companys erie magazine dating back to circa 1851. In 1878 was known as the new york, lake erie, and western railroad.
A great resource for anyone researching ancestors who worked for the erie railroad, linking chicago and jersey citynew york, with employee rosters, photographs, historical news articles, reports and other related data. Of particular interest are the numerous personnel directories for both railroad companies, which contain the names of employees, their positions, their addresses and. The erie railroad war was a bitter and prolonged financial battle for control of a railroad line waged in the late 1860s. Train designation lights at track gates, hoboken terminal, erie railroad trains will be indicated by two lights of the same color, one above the other.
Q with so much talk about union pacifics big boy, i was wondering about other north american big steamers. Harold werthweins erie railroad video download model. Occasionally, major articles are run on a serial basis spanning several issues. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Erie railroad magazine may 1951 addeddate 20200216 08. We added 52 issues to the erie magazine archive in the fourth quarter of. House employee corry, pa photo 194211 laubenthal john h. Scanned issues of the erie, lackawanna, and erielackawanna magazines, primarily for employees. Erie railroad image gallery classic trains magazine.
As a tool for positive public relations and internal morale, the issues contained many subjects and stories of both life, on. Erie railroad magazine 1 issue collection 19161960 on disc. Thanks to henrys vision, this was the first online archive of. Erie railroad official photography vol 5 nydan biernaki 128 pages softcover the final volume is a detailed scrapbook from erie railroad magazine featuring the niagara falls branch to youngstown, oh. Published by the erie railway for its employees and public shareholders of the firm. Most images date from 1945 1960 with a few preworld war i images, as well as 1930s and up to 1962.
All comments, original material and page design 20062011 by eric h. It expanded west to chicago with its 1941 merger with the former atlantic and. The erie railroad company is having its freight cars repainted in bright colors. We take a swing through new england to tour the housatonic railroad with dave jacobs and david t. This short line have evolved over the last 25 years to operate a network of former new haven branch lines in massachusetts and connecticut. Incorporated in 1832 as the new york and erie rail road.
Erie railroad magazine 1 issue collection 19161960 on. New model railroad products for the week of april 23, 2020. Its 998 mainline route extended from jersey city to chicago, and played an important role in the development and economic growth of cities along the southern tier. The erie lackawanna railroad historical society, inc. Ayer, 60, clerk in the tariff distribution bureau of the traffic department at buffalo, died feb. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. This website is dedicated to preserving the memory of these railroads. Map of the northeastern and northcentral states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. The erie railroad internet employee archives rootsweb. New model railroad products for the week of april 23, 2020 microtrains n scale heavyweight coach sneak peek.
Erie erie railroad locomotive roster railroad picture. As a young man harold rode the erie, watched it, and loved it. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this page, paste this html in website. The erie railroad the work of the age erie gazeteerall divisionswith stop discription first passenger train1837 scenery on the erie1850 erie advertising early timetable early days on the erie history starrucca viaduct1848 cascade bridge1852 locomotive1855 locomotive1911 broad guage days hospital car on the erie. Sometime after the building of the railroad, depots were built to handle the people and the goods being sent out and coming in to each community. There is a reason trains carries the slogan, the magazine of railroading. What is listed here only reflects a small part of jims site so i urge you to visit the erie railroad, linking chicago and jersey citynew york web site by clicking the erie icon above or at the bottom of this page. This is the first annual report, dated february 21, 1961, covering the year when the erie railroad and delaware, lackawanna. This is an offer for magazines on disc erie railroad magazine 1 select issue collection presented in. Crane engineer, huntington, in, marionmow, attds erie veterans event, news, 195609, 24. Mar 27, 2019 a great resource for anyone researching ancestors who worked for the erie railroad, linking chicago and jersey citynew york, with employee rosters, photographs, historical news articles, reports and other related data.
Erie railroad routes question trains magazine trains. The arrival of the pioneer mor mons in the valley of the great salt lake in what is now the state of utah, is being celebrated this. Primarily the erie railroad magazine is published for erie employes and their families, secondarily for erie shippers, suppliers, shareholders and others in terested in the railroad. The magazine of railroading, december 1956, inside front cover. Lackawanna magazine cover featuring destroyed track from. Aug 30, 2017 pulled out my morning sun book titled erie railroad in color by david r. The diamond our popular 40 page historical journal printed on gloss enamel paper and features illustrated articles about the operations, facilities, equipment, and employees of the related lines. This short line have evolved over the last 25 years to operate a network of former new haven branch lines. The erie railroad reporting mark erie was a railroad that operated in the northeastern united states, originally connecting new york city more specifically jersey city, new jersey, where eries former terminal, long demolished, used to stand with lake erie. The text on the last few pages pertain to the other erie mallets and the erie triplex 28882 matt h. The competition between robber barons underscored corruption on wall street while it captivated the public, which followed the peculiar twists and turns portrayed in newspaper accounts.
The editors try to tell objectively and completely about the progress of the erie by discussing managements policies, daybyday. Mar 22, 2016 the full text of this article is available to classic trains magazine subscribers only. The erie limited march, 1951 streamliner schedules. Do you know the current location of any of the erie railroads three 28882 triplexes. Erie 835 erie railroad emd e8 at lebanon, new jersey by carl perelman. It expanded west to chicago with its 1941 merger with the former atlantic and great western railroad, also known. A lot of the pdf files on this site were created before the firefox browser was. Magazine articles from trade publications delaware. I have indexed those online issues and have noted in my issue listing most of the scanned issues check the site just to be sure. The full text of this article is available to classic trains magazine subscribers only. Broadway limited imports ho scale streamlined prr k4s. A once the largest steam locomotives in north america, all three of eries baldwin locomotive worksbuilt 28882 triplex locomotives were. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The final volume is a detailed scrapbook from erie railroad magazine featuring the niagara falls branch to youngstown, oh.
Pulled out my morning sun book titled erie railroad in color by david r. That state law rather than federal common law should determine the responsibility of a railroad to pay damages to an injured private citizen. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. By 1839, the road was completed to republic, ohio with the first train arriving at the east side of the sandusky river in tiffin, ohio in 1842. Sweetland, printed in 1991 holy jeez, have i really had it 26 years. Shay, but the images are of the erie l1 both as built and and as. The latter remains in circulation today originally printed in 1856 as the western railroad gazette, then renamed as the railroad gazette in 1870. Suburban passenger conductor, contributor guidelines. The mad river and lake erie railroad was doing business at 4 12 cents a mile for passengers and 25 cents a ton per mile for freight. Railroad heralds, logos and trademarks used with intent to comply with fair use provisions of u.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. A once the largest steam locomotives in north america, all three of eries baldwin locomotive worksbuilt 28882 triplex locomotives were used in pusher service over gulf summit near deposit, n. The two railroads merged because of a loss of income that occurred because of declining passenger traffic, lower freight shipments because of the decline of. Full color pictorial of the erie railroad showing the full range of freight and passenger operations between world war ii and the 1960s. A lot of the pdf files on this site were created before the firefox browser was developed. Erie lackawanna railroad historical society home facebook.
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