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sd 45s....what became of them?

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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  by Brad Smith
 
There is a complete list (as of 2003) of the fate of all EL SD45's in the September/October2003, Vol. 14, No.5 "Diesel Era" magazine. The article was written by Larry DeYoung and is a comprehensive look at EL SD45's.
In a nut shell, most were retired by the mid 80's and scrapped.

EL SD-45 survivors

  by Matt Langworthy
 
Check out the current issue of Trains for the cover story on Montana Rail Link. It's twilight for the SD-45s on their line, including a few of ex-EL heritage. I'm trying to find out which ones are in fact EL survivors.
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