Erie had the "Flying Saucers", trains 99 and 100. As I understand it, this was an unofficial nickname (at least initially) that came from the employees, and was falling into disuse by the time of the merger. The only EL named freights that I'm aware of were those interchanged at Huntington with N&W and inaugurated during the Dereco years: ECE and WCE, the East and West Coast Expediters, and the New York and St Louis Cannonballs, NYCB and SLCB. It's evident from the symbols that these were official names, not nicknames. Paul B From: "Todd Stearns" <toddsyr_@_twcny.rr.com> Subject: (erielack) Named Freight Trains Quite some time ago I downloaded an image from George Elwood's Fallen Flags website. It was a freight running South out of Utica and the data provided said it was "The Scranton Bull". Was this an official EL name for the train or a nickname? Were there others on the EL system? Very curious and thanks for any help. Todd K. Stearns The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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