Ed Montgomery wrote: > This picture almost looks like EL paid for a publicity shot > for their own calendar -- if they had one. The equipment is > clean and the roadbed looks good -- no weeds or anything > around. Only problem is that it's a hazy day and the sun is casting harsh shadows to the right of the motive power. Also, the whole image seems to be underexposed. Otherwise, it is a very nice shot. > The > caption stated the EL was "flourishing" in 1970. I'm not so > sure that was true. By the 70s, even before the hurricane > the blossom was beginning to wilt --true or false? You hit that one on the head. I don't know if the EL was ever "flourishing." The caption author certainly should do his/her research! By the 1970s, it might have stabilized from the mess of the 1960s, but Grant's book seems to point to the financial decline. > I had visited Hoboken earlier in May and found the EL > through-line equipment all white-lined and ready for moves > off of the company property except for the coaches retained > for the Cleveland-Youngstown train. One thing that crossed > my mind about that was this thought: By the time 1970 rolled > around were all of the old Erie rebuilt coaches retired? The latest shot I have of an EL 1000-series coach is 1968. The EL had already started to sell off these cars, with several going to the D&H in 1967. I believe you're correct in the statement that by 1970, the cars were retired, sold or scrapped. - Paul ------------------------------
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