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Nostalgia & History > EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y.Date: 08/31/15 10:19 EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y. Author: aehouse A westbound Erie Lackawanna manifest behind a U25B and three F7-Bs hurries through Johnson City, N.Y., on pre-merger Erie Railroad trackage, in the spring of 1970.
Art House Gettysburg, Pa.  Date: 08/31/15 10:28 Re: EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y. Author: CPR_4000 And a 60-mph speed board for the upcoming curve eastbound . . . those were the days.
Date: 08/31/15 10:29 Re: EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y. Author: train1275 Keep these EL shots coming !!!
Date: 08/31/15 11:07 Re: EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y. Author: monaddave Thanks for the look, Art!
Is that a CP newsprint box in the spur to the left? Dave in Msla Date: 08/31/15 12:22 Re: EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y. Author: aehouse monaddave Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for the look, Art! > > Is that a CP newsprint box in the spur to the > left? > Dave in Msla Dave, I am advised that the spur was "Akel's Giant warehouse," though what Akel's Giant was all that time ago, I have no idea. Art Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/31/15 12:24 by aehouse. Date: 08/31/15 13:19 Re: EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y. Author: Lackawanna484 aehouse Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > monaddave Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Thanks for the look, Art! > > > > Is that a CP newsprint box in the spur to the > > left? > > Dave in Msla > > Dave, I am advised that the spur was "Akel's Giant > warehouse," though what Akel's Giant was all that > time ago, I have no idea. > > Art It was a regional grocery chain in the southern tier. The Akel family ran it. And sold the chain to Weis Markets in 2009. Lasted into 2009 Date: 08/31/15 13:28 Re: EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y. Author: Out_Of_Service WOW !!! 1970 and i'm VERY SURPRISED to see welded rail anywhere on E-L since any images i ever saw of their RofW had nothing but stick rail ...
Date: 08/31/15 13:52 Re: EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y. Author: NYSWSD70M Out_Of_Service Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > WOW !!! 1970 and i'm VERY SURPRISED to see welded > rail anywhere on E-L since any images i ever saw > of their RofW had nothing but stick rail ... They installed quite a bit of welded rail after 1968. Even started putting some on the DL&W side towards the end. Since the DL&W side didn't see much traffic between 1961 and 1972, it was in pretty good shape when they started shifting the traffic that way in late 1972. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/01/15 07:03 by NYSWSD70M. Date: 08/31/15 19:29 Re: EL Westbound at Johnson City, N.Y. Author: kgmontreal Great dhot. Really conveys a sense of speed.
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