I'm putting together a Open Auto Rack in Ho Scale, which Automakers did ELRR service, I look for model cars and years, I believe Ford had a plant in central New Jersey, Thank you, Bob
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Erie-Lackawanna service to the Automotive Industry.
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Fwiw, the Erie served an auto plant in Mahwah, just across the state line from Suffern, which I think was Ford. The Ford plant in Metuchen was served by the PRR.
Chrysler products were interchanged to Dereco partner D&H in the pre-Conrail era of the early '70s. Here's a nb freight heading north up Belden Hill departing Binghamton on the D&H.