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EL West End Question

Discussion relating to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Erie, and the resulting 1960 merger creating the Erie Lackawanna. Visit the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society at http://www.erielackhs.org/.

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EL West End Question

  by rrfoose
 
After EL went into CR in '76, why didn't more of the western end of the railroad get operated by Erie Western or another shortline? There were online industries west of Lima. Seems like the entire line west of Marion (especially if the EL trust could have kept all of the trackage west of the Akron area that Conrail quickly abandoned/sold off) could have made for a survivable shortline/regional (much like CFE does on the ex-PRR today).
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