Here will be covered the senior partner in the 1960 Erie Lackawanna merger, the Erie Railroad as it operated in its final years before merger with rival Lackawanna. Commuter trains, through line passenger trains, local and through freight services will all be covered as will the road's diesel power, operational set up,etc. Train No.1, The Erie Limited is now ready for passenger boarding at Track 15, Hoboken Terminal for Paterson,Ridgewood,Waldwick,Allendale,Ramsey,Mahwah,Suffern,Harriman,Monroe,Middletown,Otisville,Port Jervis,Shohola,Lackawaxan,Lordville,Deposit,Susquehanna,
Binghamton,Endicott,Waverly,Elmira,Corning,Addison,Hornell,
Wellsville, Friendship,Cuba,Olean,Salamanca,Randolph,Falconer,Jamestown,
Corry,Meadville,Sharon,Youngstown,Ravenna,Kent,Marion,Decatur, Huntington,Monterrey,Rochester,North Judson, Hammond, and Chicago.

1956 Profile of the Erie Railroad







Track Mileage:







1st Main Track, 2014.64







Add.Main Track, 1015.89







Yd Tracks/Sidings,1542.55







Total all tracks 4574.08 miles







Controlled thru Stock ownership; 41.21







Not controlled .13







Operated under contract, 9.92







Trackage Rights otherRRs: 610.08







total miles of road operated: 5234.42







Restricted trackage rights 160.88







owned,but not operated,leased







to others: .10







Grand Total, 5395.40 mileS







LOCOMOTIVES







Diesel Freight 149







Diesel Passenger 28







Dual Service 52







Switching 152







Total locomotives: 352







FREIGHT CARS







Boxcars 10489







Gondolas and Hoppers, 9517







Flat, 458







Stock, 63







Caboose 263







Total freight cars: 20960







PASSENGER CARS







Coaches, 333







combination coach 11







dining-parlor 4







sleeping cars 18







dining cars 9







baggage-mail 15







baggage-express 30







Express 52







Milk Cars 94







Rider Cars 2







Total Passenger Cars: 572







MARINE EQUIPMENT







Ferryboats 4







Diesel tugboats 11







covered barges 101







open barges 63







car floats 26







steam hoists 2







total Marine Equipment: 207







COMPANY SERVICE EQUIPMENT







Official 5







Ballast 1







Camp 110







Cinder 5







Gravel dump 13







Material and Supply 316







Tool,derrick,hoist 216







Other Company Service 87







Total company Service: 743







PRESIDENTS OF THE ERIE RAILROAD







1.Eleazer Lord, 1833-1835







2.James G. King,1835-1839







3.Eleazer Lord, 1839-1841







4.James Bowen, 1841-1842







5.William Maxwell,1842-1843







6.Horatio Allen, 1843-1844







7.Eleazer Lord,1844-1845







8.James Hooper,1845







9.Benjamin Loder,1845-1853







10.Homer Ramsdell,1853-1857







11.Charles Moran,1857-1859







12.Samuel Marsh, 1859-1861







13.Nathaniel Marsh,1861-1864







14.Samuel Marsh,1864







15.Robert H. Berdell, 1864-1867







16.John S. Eldridge, 1867-1868







17.Jay Gould, 1868-1872







18.John A. Dix,1872







19.Peter A. Watson,1872-1874







20.Hugh J. Jewett,1874-1884







21/John King,1884-1894







22.Eben B. Thomas,1894-1901







23.Frederick D. Underwood,1901-1927







24.John J. Bernet,1927-1929







25.Charles E. Denny,1929-1939







26.Robert E. Woodruff,1941-1949







27.Paul W. Johnston,1949-1956







28. Harry W. Von Willer, 1956-1960, became president of the







Erie Lackawanna upon its inception. He was the last president of the Erie Railroad. The Erie Railroad was born in December 1831, when a convention was held in Owego,NY to discuss the need for improved transportation. On April 24,1832, the New York and Erie Railroad Company was incorporated. Construction was begun in 1835 and in 1851, the Erie had reached from Piermont on Hudson to Dunkirk,NY, making it the first railroad exceeding 400 miles in length, and that was only the beginning.







PARTIAL FAMILY TREE OF THE ERIE RAILROAD







The following are some of the more than 150 companies that went into making up the Erie Railroad Company:







1.New York and Erie Railroad (original company)







2.Buffalo,New York and Erie







3.Ramapo and Paterson







4.New York and New Jersey







5.Greenwood Lake Railway







6.Atlantic and Great Western







7.Chicago and Erie Railroad







8.Buffalo and Southwestern







9.Columbus and Erie







10.Franklin and Warren







11.Erie and New York City Railroad







12.Meadville Railroad







13.Mahoning Railroad







OPERATING DEPARTMENT ALIGNMENT







A.Western District (H.Q. Youngstown,Ohio)







Marion Divison, 269.5 miles







Kent Division, 202.5 miles







Mahoning Division, 370.7 miles







Allegany-Meadville Division, 435.6 miles







Total Western District: 1278.3 miles







B.Eastern District







1.Buffalo-Rochester Division, 240.1 miles







2.Susquehanna Division 611.1 miles







3.Wyoming Division 77.2 miles







4.New York Division 327.6 miles







Total Eastern District 1256.0 miles







Total Erie Railroad: 2534.3 route miles







DIESEL ROSTER- This is divided into two parts, excluding the switchers. Part 1. Road Locomotives, 4 units each, except F3 passenger diesels, 3 units each.







EMD FT 5400 hp 700a-d-706a-d







EMD F3 6000 hp 707a-d-714a-d







EMD F7 6000 hp 715a-d-722a-d







Alco FA/B1 6000 hp 725a-d-732a-d







Alco FA/B2 6400 hp 735a-d-739a-d







EMD F3 psgr 4500 hp 800abd-805abd







EMD E8A 2250 hp 820-833







Alco PA1 2000 hp 850-859







Alco PA2 2250 hp 860-863







ROAD SWITCHERS







Alco RS3 1600 hp 900-927







BLW DRS44-15 1500 hp 1050-1059







BLW DRS66-15 1500 hp 1150-1159







EMD GP7 1500 hp 1200-1246,1250-1259







EMD GP9 1750 hp 1260-1265







EMD GP7 psgr 1500 hp 1400-1405







When the E8s were delivered in 1951, these locomotives then became the premiere passenger power on the through line trains and the 800 series F3s were removed from passenger service and placed in the freight pool. Normal operations of the E8s was in numbered pairs as follows:







820-821







822-823







824-825







826-827







828-829







830-831







832-833







In all cases of which the odd numbered unit was pointed west and the even numbered unit pointed east, thus simplifying the turning of a pair of units at each journey's end. Typical operating cycle for a pair of E8s ran like this. Say, No.1 is arriving at Hornell from New York with 821 and 822 ready to be changed out. 833 and 832 are serviced and ready to go. 833 and 833 take No.1 to Chicago,then are cut off the train, serviced and run right through to New York on either NO.6,No.8, or No.2, whichever train is handy. On arrival in Jersey City(Hoboken after 1956), with 832 in the lead, the units are serviced,turned and sent back to Hornell on the next train out, where they will be changed out for another set. This procedure was used for all seven pairs of E8s,which,because of their larger capacity steam generators, bumped the 3 unit F3 sets into the freight pool, unlike the Lackawanna, and successor Erie Lackawanna, which continued using the DL&W F3s in passenger service until 1963.



STATIONS ON THE ERIE RAILROAD BY DIVISION



A.Western District



1.Allegany-Meadville Division 118



2.Mahoning Division 88



3.Kent Division 56



4.Marion Division 66



Total Western District 218 Stations



B.Eastern District



1.New York Division 224



2.Susquehanna Division 118



3.Wyoming Division 79



4.Buffalo-Rochester Div. 68



Total Eastern District 489 Stations



Total Erie Railroad 707 Stations entire system. Of these 76 were train order offices on the Western District and 83 were train order offices on the Eastern District. These train order offices were agency freight and/or passenger stations as well.

PASSENGER ROUTES

1.Jersey City(Hoboken) Port Jervis-Binghamton-Hornell-Chicago

2.Cleveland-Warren-Youngstown

3.Jersey City(Wanaque-Midvale)

4.Great Notch-Essex Falls (Caldwell Branch)

5.Jersey City (Hoboken) Spring Valley,NY

FEATURE TRAINS

nos. 1 and 2 THE ERIE LIMITED

noS. 5 AND 6 THE LAKE CITIES

No.7 Pacific Express

No.8 Atlantic Express
MAJOR TERMINALS ON THE ERIE RAILROAD
Croxton Yard (Jersey City),Binghamton,NY,Hornell,NY,East Buffalo,NY,Brier Hill (Youngstown,Ohio), Cleveland-East 55th Street,Marion,Ohio, 55th Street-Chicago,.
HOTTEST FREIGHT TRAINS ON THE ERIE RAILROAD: NY99 and NY100,The Flying Saucers,NE74,NY74,77. Each of these freight trains evolved into a family of trains that were preblocked for different destinations with the 98s operating in multiple sections, NE98 for New England connections at Maybrook,NY98 for New York markets,RC-8 for Rochester,NY, and so on.Erie Railroad freight schedules for these trains are not available at this time,so some sample early Erie Lackawanna schedules will be used in the Freight Operations section to come.