Nostalgia & History > Erie Lackawanna E Units Bumped from Passenger Service

In the early spring of 1970, a quartette of Erie Lackawanna E-8 lcomotives, scare since the discontinuance of intercity passenger service that January, made a visit to Binghamton, N.Y. Former Lackawanna Railroad No. 815, which had spent its first two decades handling passenger trains, heads the foursome, now in freight service.

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/15 08:02 by aehouse.

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Those were the days . . . I thought the ex-Lackawanna's had Mars lights. Did EL remove them?

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> Those were the days . . . I thought the
> ex-Lackawanna's had Mars lights. Did EL remove
> them?]
On some, but apparently not all. Former DL&W Es were numbered 809-819 on the EL; former Erie Es were 820-832.  Each railroad had rostered an 820 prior to the merger, so with the merger, DL&W no. 820 became EL 809.

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I think I remember that 817 kept its Mars light AND portholes right up to the end.

aehouse Wrote:
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> CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> > Those were the days . . . I thought the
> > ex-Lackawanna's had Mars lights. Did EL remove
> > them?]
> On some, but apparently not all. Former DL&W Es
> were numbered 809-819 on the EL; former Erie Es
> were 820-832.  Each railroad had rostered an 820
> prior to the merger, so with the merger, DL&W no.
> 820 became EL 809.
>
> Art House

815 and 816 lost their Mars Lights.

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CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> I think I remember that 817 kept its Mars light
> AND portholes right up to the end.

Correct on both counts. I also remember 818 having its Mars light (and some weird grilles on one side)