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The Erie Lackawanna Historical Society holds three or four meetings per year. These include our annual meeting held in the fall and regional meetings held during the spring or early summer. Typically, the regional meetings take place in the Ohio valley and New Jersey - the western and eastern ends of the EL Railway. The annual convention is held in a different location along the former system each year and alternates between the western and eastern sections

The ELHS also participates in model train and railroad memorabilia shows. We usually have an extensive collection of books, back issues of The Diamond, ELHS exclusive models, videos and DVDs of the EL and its predecessor railroads.

East Stroudsburg Station Will be Relocated

Thursday, 05 August 2010 22:13 Paul Cappelloni

It been a wild ride but it paid off. The once destined for demolition East Stroudsburg ex-Lackawanna station will be preserved. Through the efforts of the Save Dansbury Depot citizens group, the Eastburg Community Alliance (ECA), county and state officials and the Borough of East Stroudsburg have approved a plan on Tuesday August 3, 2010 to relocate the majority of the historical station across the track to Miller's Park .

Last Updated on Sunday, 08 August 2010 21:04 Read more...

ELHS 2011 Calendar Review

Thursday, 15 July 2010 21:08 Paul Tupaczewski

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/

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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.

Last Updated on Friday, 16 July 2010 21:16 Read more...

Erie and DL&W Wreck Trains

Saturday, 19 September 2009 17:50 Paul Cappelloni

This 100 page, five chapter spiral bound book includes153 photographs of Erie, Lackawanna, and EL wreck cranes and their associated equipment. Most of these photographs are being published for the first time. The book also includes 36 drawings and equipment charts. Ron thoroughly covers the complete roster of wrecking cranes, wreck trains, and wrecking procedures of all three railroads. Ron also provides the first ever explanation of Erie's mysterious Maintenance Of Way numbering system.

Retail $19.95

Members $16.96

Last Updated on Friday, 16 July 2010 19:58

Monday, 29 September 2008 19:24

ELHS 2010 Annual Meeting

September 24-26, 2010; Marion, OH

Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad in Marion, OH. Meeting & presentations will be held at the Marion Union Station with a banquet held at the Harding House hotel.We are just 22 days from the start of the convention and 6 days before online registration will close. Don't delay sign up today!