Nostalgia & History > Thursday Thankful - The EL Yard

Sometimes a photo captures a "Can't Be Repeated Scene". The tracks the PRR gondola is on are now CSX, and perhaps Sperry 125 might be still around, but virtually everything else is gone. This is looking west towards the EL yard in Akron, Ohio in May 1974. What is missing now? Here they are from closest to farthest:
1.)The PC track in the lower left corner which is just barely visible.
2.) The PRR gondola and the PRR itself.
3.) The EL yard.
4.) The EL yard office at the left.
5.) EL T-20 transfer caboose with the B&O boxcar.
6.) ERIE 520 with the EL boxcar. She was the last unrepainted ERIE locomotive in service. Rumor had it that she was always hidden in the enginehouse when EL officials were on the property.
7.) Sperry Rail Service 125.
8.) The ERIE boxcar on the farthest visible yard track.
9.) The track on the hill serving the bakery.
10.) The bakery.
This area is now part of a bus rider transfer facility.
Bob
 
 

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I love shots like this, that show us so much history, so much that we took for granted back in the 70's that is gone today.  Thanks for posting this.

Great scene, and the 520 sounded familiar .... so I checked and indeed it was the still-lettered Erie unit I shot in Meadville, PA on Oct. 4, 1972. How long did it last like this?

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valmont Wrote:
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> Great scene, and the 520 sounded familiar .... so
> I checked and indeed it was the still-lettered
> Erie unit I shot in Meadville, PA on Oct. 4, 1972.
> How long did it last like this?

The 520 was in the dead line at Marion OH when Conrail took over, it was still painted Erie.

The PRR Gon looks like a model now being done by Tangent.

Uncle Joe,Seffner,Fl.

refarkas Wrote:
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[snip] and perhaps Sperry 125 might be still around,


Yes, Sperry 125 is still around.

Brian

Thanks for the good news that Sperry Rail Services 125 is still around. She was a beauty back then, and I hope she looks as good now.
Bob

That is one cool collection of cars and locos in one shot!