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Nostalgia & History > EL SDP45 #3648 at Marion,Oh -- March 76Date: 03/19/05 14:36 EL SDP45 #3648 at Marion,Oh -- March 76 Author: gcm Pulling out of the Erie Lackawanna yards at Marion, passing the station and AC Tower - headed east.
 Date: 03/19/05 19:53 Re: EL SDP45 #3648 at Marion,Oh -- March 76 Author: rattenne Nice! Though this Westerner never had a chance to shoot the pre-Conrail eastern roads, I nonetheless became a "closet" fan of the EL, collecting quite a number of photos. Great scheme.
Date: 03/20/05 01:53 Re: EL SDP45 #3648 at Marion,Oh -- March 76 Author: lew Running trains right up to the last day, time is going fast on this railroad. Less than a month and it's all over, essentially. Too bad they didn't have money to go with their pretty paintscheme.
Date: 03/20/05 03:47 Re: EL SDP45 #3648 at Marion,Oh -- March 76 Author: Gateway97 Now yer talkin'! I like that Rock Island auto rack passing by as well. the old Rock was on borrowed time in '76,too.
Date: 03/20/05 04:22 Re: EL SDP45 #3648 at Marion,Oh -- March 76 Author: GaryL Nice pic! To the east there was some pretty rough road. I remember seeing the E-L running west on the parallel PC track (welded rail, in-gauge, etc) while the E-L eastbound was battered. It was the worstmain line track I've ever seen, although this was in the early 70's.
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