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 #47445  by AmtrakFan
 
What were DLW/Erie/EL Major shops and what did they do? The reason I'm asking is because I don't know what the shops were? Can someone Help.
Thanks
AmtrakFan

 #47474  by cjvrr
 
Erie - Susquehanna, PA also in Dunmore, PA
DL&W - Scranton, PA
I think there were some car shops in Binghamton, NY too
Lyndhurst, NJ (Kingsland Branch) repair shops

Probably others too.

 #47550  by johnpbarlow
 
other Erie shops: Hornell, NY and Marion, OH

 #47655  by mxdata
 
By the early 1970s, the former Erie RR shop in Marion, Ohio was handling most of the running repairs on locomotives used in through train service on the railroad, while the former DL&W shop in Scranton was handling running repairs on units on the east end. Both of these shops had drop pits for changing traction motors and the ability to turn wheels. The former Erie RR shop in Hornell, New York was the principal backshop for the railroad and also had the ability to support running repairs of locomotives. The former Erie RR shops in Meadville, Pennsylvania served as the car shops for the railroad in the 1970s. There were many other facilities set up for locomotive servicing, and some of these could do fairly heavy repair work as well, like the shop at Youngstown, Ohio.

 #47675  by livesteamer
 
Don't forget the MU shops in Hoboken that kept the Edison era MUs running for more than 50 years. There were some great craftsmen working at that location.

 #47815  by AmtrakFan
 
Thanks for the Help eveyone.

AmtrakFan

 #51728  by CNJFAN1000
 
Don't forget Keyser Valley car shop on the DL&W at Scranton