> 1. The Erie route had more on line industry which back then was important > to railroads. Of course, to paraphrase Erie President Eben Thomas, "The Erie always had all the capacity the DL&W and LV have ever needed to get their traffic to Buffalo. There was never any reason to go to the expense of two redundant railroads, and the extra costs to support their bonds and dividends for these ill-advised extensions that resulted in three weaker railroads and higher rates for customers." But then, we all know, everyone hates that master of evil, Jay Gould for wasting all that good money to extend the DL&W to Buffalo in the first place. And Archie McLeod and his LV schemes as part of the "Greater Reading" for that matter. He ended up running that peanut stand, I think <g>. Cheers, Jim Guthrie The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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