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2008-09-07T00:03:34Z

The Erie Lackawanna Historical Society, Inc., a historical society dedicated to preserving and disseminating information about the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, the Erie Railroad, the Erie Lackawanna Railway and related lines.

Our mission is for this web site to be a useful asset to our members as well as a valuable research and reference tool for those interested in the history of the DL&W, Erie and Erie Lackawanna.

Note About Former Railroad Employee Records

2009-03-25T13:07:59Z

The Erie Lackawanna Historical Society does not have access to nor maintain in its Archives employee records from the DL&W, Erie or Erie Lackawanna. Two web sites that might prove useful to those in search of employee records are the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board web site and for former Erie Railroad employees and a possible lead for former DL&W employees, Jim Sponholz's web site pages dedicated to helping find former railroad employee records.

Maitland Tower and Crossing Shanty

2010-09-06T19:31:47Z

New Erie tower and crossing shanty kits in HO Scale exclusively from the ELHS

N Scale Architect designed the Erie Maitland tower and crossing shants kits from plans and information provided by Rich Behrendt, Jay Held, and Joe Schveder.

Maitland Tower Kit

Maitland Crossign Shanty Kit

Maitland tower & crossing shany kits preporduction photo w/entry shed add-on. Add-on not included with kit

ELHS 2011 Calendar Review

2010-07-16T02:08:18Z

This review was originally posted on the erielack mailing list. This is an open mail list that anyone can subscribe to and can be found at http://el-list.railfan.net/list/

The new ELHS 2011 calendars have just arrived. Let's take a peek at what's inside!

The cover shot is a brilliantly-lit late afternoon "sweet light" shot of an RS3 and E8 at the north end of Hoboken Terminal. Ahhh... those were the days!

The frontispiecephoto is a view of an oncoming Train Master from the cab of a train on an adjacent track on the west side of Binghamton. The "tall" appearance of these units is very obvious in this photo.

January starts off with a wonderfully snowy shot of Train PB-100 flying past the Kent, Ohio station, kicking up the white stuff as it moves along.

February features a dramatic black-and-white image of a pair of SD45-2s leading an eastbound piggyback train around a curve in Tuxedo, NY, with some snowfall still blanketing the ground in this mid-March view.

March has an Erie RS2 leading a westbound commuter train at the Ridgewood, NJ station. The first car out is one of those weird-looking Stillwell "combines." The Alco is clean and shiny in this snapshot of small town America from 1956.