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RE: (erielack) Named Freight Trains

Sorry Dr. B, but the Flying Saucer was an Official Erie Railroad name.  There was advertising in the
general press bragging about the speed the train made from Chicago to NY.  It might have
>>originated<< with employees, but it was not "just an unofficial nickname."  The name started in
the mid-50s, (1954?) and at that time was probably "cool," but by 1959, it was no longer "cool."
Not surprising it fell away.

I know this because I read about it when we named the ELHS sales newsletter "The Flying Saucer."

SGL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Brezicki [mailto:doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:38 AM
> To: EL Mailing List; Todd Stearns
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Named Freight Trains
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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