My hat's sure off to the Erie Lackawanna people. Like those great folks at Penn Central, they just kept on truckin', trying like all get out to get the job done, running those trains on some awful track ( notice the rocking, shaking cars rolling over that track ), and the Lackawanna paint scheme was a beautiful one. Also interesting to me was their propensity for handsome F-units and those monster SD45's.
Fantastic! I remember the big grey EL locos rolling through my town Binghamton NY. The colors and logo made the trains look so industrial-cool. I miss them!
My father worked the NEPA NJ freight for many years. Before the passenger from Scranton to NYC. On call for work .... Secaucus, Elizabeth, Northumberland, autos to the Pocono area, Portland Binghamton, Port Jervis. When I was a kid in the 60’s my friends had train sets.....I had real trains!
I enjoyed that. Used to ride my Yamaha CT3 175 enduro on the side of the RR in sussex county, nj from 1973 to 1983 on elevated tracks going through green twp into andover, stanhope/netcong. During this period the RR had stopped running by 1972. Great memories, well done enjoyed🎅🎄🇺🇸👍
This was very nicely made and the music complements it so well. I wish something like this could be made for the Atlantic Coast Line railroad as well as the New Haven.
I really liked seeing Marion, Oh at the beginning. I grew up in that neighborhood by those tracks and train station. That area around the train station up to Kenton Ave and back into the city of Marion, Oh is wayyy different now. It actually looks much better then the run down look in this video.
Not seen here, but with EL's passenger service gone by 1970, the road began using it's E8's in freight service. Was this because they didn't have the cash for new locomotives? It was a highly unusual practice to run those passenger units on freights. Would be great if there were footage of that. Didn't a couple of other roads use this same unusual practice - E8's on freight trains?
I wonder where that shot was at 0:44 it could be Kouts, LaCrosse or North Judson Indiana. Sure looks like it as they had those style semaphore signals on those gigantic brackets.
This music comes from a professional music sound library--the particular one we used unfortunately is not available to the general public--no name is available! Green Frog Prod.
Having a VHS copy of this series myself, I've seen the end credits and the song used in the intro is credited as "Forget Me Not" by Chappell Music. But either way, you're telling me that this piece isn't Public Domain?
I remember checking this program out several times from my local library. I once had the chesapeake public library's entire train video listing printout! Yeah, talk about train addict!! Green frog has an insane $25 DVD pack goin on where you can get this program and the New York Central Odessey and bonus footage. should check it out. I got the CSX collection which is just stellar in my opinion for the same price. That one has the magnolia cut off and all of the original green frog CSX series
Yeah that is a mistake (Jaxs C), like Ronnie said EL C424 are #2401-2415 and were delivered in this Black with Gold trim and only C424 were painted this way and the lead unit is also #2402 !!! and the early radiator sides are more flush on the early C424's that is clearly seen on the trailing C424s.EL C425s were #2451-62 and were delivered in Grey, Maroon, Yellow w/Black roofs. Maybe your not into Alcos as mush but all this info is in many books or the web. I have many of these videos and and there are mistakes often. Hope this helped. : )
Love this video and the Erie Lackawanna Pt. 2. Problem is, I go to Greenfrog.com and can't find these two dvds. Only a similar one that has some other "weird" music to it. Any help? Please e-mail.
This is about milepost Q23.7 or so just south of the south end of the yard. I'm not sure when CSX finally pulled out of South Hammond for good. I know they switched a few industries there until maybe 1990 or 1991So the South Shore is going to run trains along this line? How far will the trains run on this line? I remember reading about this elsewhere, but no one was sure if the South Shore was going to expand. All of the tracks in Munster are still there, btw. Cool video. I'm wondering. Did the Erie railroad build the main east west rail line through warren pa?
The EL could not have survived into the 1980's on it's own. Agnes simply moved up the inevitable. But to this day I wonder if another railroad might have grabbed the west end with it's generous right of way had the railroad survived longer. Marion is just sad to me w/o the EL.
I doubt many people rode the Chicago-NY trains on the EL. They didn't look too impressive. Nice to see them though after reading about them in old Official Guides. The right of way through Indiana is mostly torn up
Man, watching this brings back so many memories. Its truly amazing how so many things have changed over the years.
My hat's sure off to the Erie Lackawanna people. Like those great folks at Penn Central, they just kept on truckin', trying like all get out to get the job done, running those trains on some awful track ( notice the rocking, shaking cars rolling over that track ), and the Lackawanna paint scheme was a beautiful one. Also interesting to me was their propensity for handsome F-units and those monster SD45's.
Fantastic! I remember the big grey EL locos rolling through my town Binghamton NY.
The colors and logo made the trains look so industrial-cool. I miss them!
the best footage i've seen of EL
My father worked the NEPA NJ freight for many years. Before the passenger from Scranton to NYC. On call for work .... Secaucus, Elizabeth, Northumberland, autos to the Pocono area, Portland Binghamton, Port Jervis. When I was a kid in the 60’s my friends had train sets.....I had real trains!
Great views of Marion ohio.my great grandfather worked for the erie / erie Lackawanna for 53 Years out of Marion. And rode the EL to Chicago
My dad worked for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad for 48 years . we saw him only on the weekends.
I enjoyed that. Used to ride my Yamaha CT3 175 enduro on the side of the RR in sussex county, nj from 1973 to 1983 on elevated tracks going through green twp into andover, stanhope/netcong. During this period the RR had stopped running by 1972. Great memories, well done enjoyed🎅🎄🇺🇸👍
This was very nicely made and the music complements it so well. I wish something like this could be made for the Atlantic Coast Line railroad as well as the New Haven.
I really liked seeing Marion, Oh at the beginning. I grew up in that neighborhood by those tracks and train station. That area around the train station up to Kenton Ave and back into the city of Marion, Oh is wayyy different now. It actually looks much better then the run down look in this video.
Love these old trains.And with cabooses
i have childhood memories with this cideo
This is the best train documentary i have ever seen. Do you guys have others this good on the Erie Lackawanna.
I have this DVD I promise you won be disappointed its great will make you long for the olde days. buy it !!
@GreenFrogVideos thanks.
great vid
1:44 CABOOSE TIME!!!
1:21 is that crossing the LV at Lanesboro?
I have this DVD set, and it is absolutely awesome, but the full consist isn't shown for the freights D:
Not seen here, but with EL's passenger service gone by 1970, the road began using it's E8's in freight service. Was this because they didn't have the cash for new locomotives? It was a highly unusual practice to run those passenger units on freights. Would be great if there were footage of that. Didn't a couple of other roads use this same unusual practice - E8's on freight trains?
I'm sure one if the scenes in the intro were a pair of E's on a freight train.
I wonder where that shot was at 0:44 it could be Kouts, LaCrosse or North Judson Indiana. Sure looks like it as they had those style semaphore signals on those gigantic brackets.
This music comes from a professional music sound library--the particular one we used unfortunately is not available to the general public--no name is available!
Green Frog Prod.
Having a VHS copy of this series myself, I've seen the end credits and the song used in the intro is credited as "Forget Me Not" by Chappell Music.
But either way, you're telling me that this piece isn't Public Domain?
I remember checking this program out several times from my local library. I once had the chesapeake public library's entire train video listing printout! Yeah, talk about train addict!! Green frog has an insane $25 DVD pack goin on where you can get this program and the New York Central Odessey and bonus footage. should check it out. I got the CSX collection which is just stellar in my opinion for the same price. That one has the magnolia cut off and all of the original green frog CSX series
The Alco's at (4:06) are Century C424's #2401-2415
+Ronnie Farnsworth Yes you are correct those are Alco C424's ! Good catch.
+Prog X There C425s. Not C424s. Listen To The Narrator At 4:06
Yeah that is a mistake (Jaxs C), like Ronnie said EL C424 are #2401-2415 and were delivered in this Black with Gold trim and only C424 were painted this way and the lead unit is also #2402 !!! and the early radiator sides are more flush on the early C424's that is clearly seen on the trailing C424s.EL C425s were #2451-62 and were delivered in Grey, Maroon, Yellow w/Black roofs. Maybe your not into Alcos as mush but all this info is in many books or the web. I have many of these videos and and there are mistakes often. Hope this helped. : )
love the old semaphore signals, i doubt you can find any of them today in the usa that are still in service.
I did came an old wig wag level crossing
Cool video. I'm wondering. Did the Erie railroad build the main east west rail line through warren pa?
Love this video and the Erie Lackawanna Pt. 2. Problem is, I go to Greenfrog.com and can't find these two dvds. Only a similar one that has some other "weird" music to it. Any help? Please e-mail.
Here is the link for our Erie Lackawanna program - www.greenfrog.com/ErieLackawanna_BD.shtml
You will get the full program when purchasing the DVD or BLURAY! The music is just an opening.
2:27 ALCO PA unit, not FA.
This is about milepost Q23.7 or so just south of the south end of the yard. I'm not sure when CSX finally pulled out of South Hammond for good. I know they switched a few industries there until maybe 1990 or 1991So the South Shore is going to run trains along this line? How far will the trains run on this line? I remember reading about this elsewhere, but no one was sure if the South Shore was going to expand. All of the tracks in Munster are still there, btw. Cool video. I'm wondering. Did the Erie railroad build the main east west rail line through warren pa?
I'm actually curious as to the big band playing this song, and what the song is called. For the rest of the video, it's pretty BA.
The EL could not have survived into the 1980's on it's own. Agnes simply moved up the inevitable. But to this day I wonder if another railroad might have grabbed the west end with it's generous right of way had the railroad survived longer. Marion is just sad to me w/o the EL.
How come a lot of your intro music to clips on UA-cam is missing?
We had to remove the music on a number of our earlier clips due to copyright restrictions on UA-cam!
What the music you used?
i believe this is at Kouts.
EL filed Chapter 77 on June 22, 1972-- VERY early summer.
Days gone by... :(
We have a few other vids on Erie, check out our website
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7:59
little squarrel wlking on the track low part of frame
Nice video, but sounds like it was recorded in a sewer pipe. Hope the DVD doesn't sound like that.
0:52 See, in Japan, those railfans would've been heckled and yelled at to get out of the shot.
sorry i made a mistake
6:59
little squarrel wlking on the track low part of frame
Gotta love those semaphores.
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It's too bad it doesn't have a name. But if it did have one, I'd call this piece of music, "River Lines Serenade".
Why 1940s music for 1960s images.
sorry to burst your bubble, Victor Cyunzyk , but hurricane agnes wasn't until 1972,I know because I lived in pa and remember it well
Oops.
It was the late summer of '72 when the EL went bankrupt. Or towards the latter part of that year because they just received the new SD-45-2s . I
I doubt many people rode the Chicago-NY trains on the EL. They didn't look too impressive. Nice to see them though after reading about them in old Official Guides. The right of way through Indiana is mostly torn up
Rat running at 7:22
I rode and shot mus