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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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 #956861  by Otto Vondrak
 
Ted, thanks so much for digging this up... I'm fascinated by the eastern roads that maintained suburban services in Chicago area. Now to track down and see if the Erie issued any separate timetable folders for this operation after World War I...

-otto-
 #956876  by JimBoylan
 
Otto Vondrak wrote:Can anybody tell me anything about the Erie Railroad's commuter service to Rochester, Indiana?
Part of the confusion is that the timetable is for the CHICAGO & Erie RR, not the NEW YORK & Erie RR that we are familiar with under the Bergen, N.J. Archways. Now, what were the names of the Erie RRs that ran commuter services from Rochester, N.Y. and Cleveland, O.? What about from Scranton, Pa. (The Delaware & Hudson RR did have Scranton, Pa. commuter trains in 1950!)
 #956900  by CarterB
 
Looks like in the early 1900's trains # 9 and 10 (from/to Rochester) backed onto the spur to the resort at Bass Lake. The Erie had only one branch line in Indiana, a two-mile line built in 1898 to serve a Bass Lake (Starke County) resort. Lake ice was carried during the winter. The branch was abandoned in 1928. Seems the Erie had a large ice business from Knickerbocker Ice Company on Bass Lake also.
 #1003398  by Tadman
 
Otto, if you're a fan of the eastern roads' Chicago services, here's a great page I just found.

http://www.flickriver.com/groups/932473 ... teresting/

it's for the PRR dummy to Valpo, not EL, but it's good reading. I still can't believe we declined the $1.5m/year to keep this train running, that's peanuts. It looks like a 4-5 car train in most pics, and given the way the South Shore is crowded these days, I wouldn't doubt they'd have enough traffic to support a 8-car train now.