Silent 8mm movies taken by Eddie Kuhr at Marion Union Station, the train watching capital of Ohio. Donations appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/railroad-m...
I am old enough at least to remember just before Conrail in the 70’s. My model rr is Erie Lackawanna and D&H interchange. Footage like this is great for research
I watch these videos in hopes to by chance catch a glimpse of my father who worked at the Erie Lackawanna in Marion in the late 60s to mid 70s. He worked there until 1976.
That footage from the 1960s is really nice! I especially enjoy seeing the N&W in its navy blue and gold paint scheme and also a N&W GP30 at the 9:03 minute mark! Sweet! EMD GP30s are my favorite diesel locomotives!
Maybe saw you. I spent alot of time trackside, and up in Kingsland Indiana's "GS" tower. Long bike rides down from Fort Wayne, but the action was worth it.
Those Norfolk and Western trains are bookin' it through those diamonds. And, anytime I see an Erie Lackawanna passenger train with more than two E8s, I assume it is "The Lake Cities," which, they say, was always a big train.
If it's heading west to Chicago with that many E Units, it's very likely that is indeed the Lake Cities. Usually ran with extra power to Chicago as they usually needed an extra engine or two with the mail and express service heading to Hoboken/New York City.
EL had some insane engine lash ups! Had EL not got hit by that Hurricane, back in the 70s, EL could have lasted 20 more years!!! Man, what could have been.
Problem was we had the Arab oil embargo, which the Company was already stinging from in 1974, and an extended recession that began soon after. EL's big source of income, industries in the "Rust Belt", would also largely go away. So going it alone they could not have weathered all that competing w/the Govt-backed Conrail. I still believe the Santa Fe may have tried to merge much of the railroad. As you say, what could have been!
@@kingdoughnut7244 the santa fe was very interested in the EL west end. CR wanted no part of letting them have it,,,,,,,,,,,,didn't want the competition.
also, when CR gave up on it's old ex-EL SD45s, these old workhorses went immediately to NS.(not the SD45-2s) it seems N&W or DERELCO had the lease on these and it was up to NS to dispose of them. These old SD45s (or at least a few of them) ran on NS for a short while in the mid 1980s.
Too bad the EL didnt make it to the camcorder era. Would've been fun watching in-cab video of9 one of those RS switchers shoving a heavy cut over the Marion West Yard hump smoking like mad!
What was the reason behind having the horn mounted on the side of the cab? I noticed that the C&O had done that with their early diesels like on their GP30s seems like that would make it unnecessarily loud inside the cab when you had the windows or the front door open
Super historic film! I love to look at the non-graffitti covered rolling stock emblazoned with the railroad logos of the day.
I am old enough at least to remember just before Conrail in the 70’s. My model rr is Erie Lackawanna and D&H interchange. Footage like this is great for research
I watch these videos in hopes to by chance catch a glimpse of my father who worked at the Erie Lackawanna in Marion in the late 60s to mid 70s. He worked there until 1976.
Absolutely jaw dropping footage... thank you so much for sharing this.
It’s awesome to see what it was like in Marion back in the 60s
Thanks ! Great video ! Very useful to me running the EL in n scale, interesting mix of power. Two tumbs up !
The switch run w/Alco #507 at :47 was probably the "Town Engine" which handled most of the online customers in Marion.
That footage from the 1960s is really nice! I especially enjoy seeing the N&W in its navy blue and gold paint scheme and also a N&W GP30 at the 9:03 minute mark! Sweet! EMD GP30s are my favorite diesel locomotives!
I remember the last blue NW loco I ever saw.
A SD35 in springfield,Ill. in 1983.
My favorite old road the big e
I didn't know the e.l. had so many alco switchers also my favorites.
I worked the Marion Division from 1967-1976 from Huntington, In.
Maybe saw you. I spent alot of time trackside, and up in Kingsland Indiana's "GS" tower. Long bike rides down from Fort Wayne, but the action was worth it.
Wonderful time travel! Thanks for sharing this with today's world;-)
Those Norfolk and Western trains are bookin' it through those diamonds. And, anytime I see an Erie Lackawanna passenger train with more than two E8s, I assume it is "The Lake Cities," which, they say, was always a big train.
If it's heading west to Chicago with that many E Units, it's very likely that is indeed the Lake Cities. Usually ran with extra power to Chicago as they usually needed an extra engine or two with the mail and express service heading to Hoboken/New York City.
When rail moved frieght way more common than these sea boxes, i see on frames
EL had some insane engine lash ups! Had EL not got hit by that Hurricane, back in the 70s, EL could have lasted 20 more years!!! Man, what could have been.
Problem was we had the Arab oil embargo, which the Company was already stinging from in 1974, and an extended recession that began soon after. EL's big source of income, industries in the "Rust Belt", would also largely go away. So going it alone they could not have weathered all that competing w/the Govt-backed Conrail. I still believe the Santa Fe may have tried to merge much of the railroad. As you say, what could have been!
@@b3j8 Thanks for the reply!
@@kingdoughnut7244
the santa fe was very interested in the EL west end.
CR wanted no part of letting them have it,,,,,,,,,,,,didn't want the competition.
Just to add some spice,
EL SD45s were dual control.
not unusual to see them long nosing-it.
also, when CR gave up on it's old ex-EL SD45s, these old workhorses went immediately to NS.(not the SD45-2s)
it seems N&W or DERELCO had the lease on these and it was up to NS to dispose of them.
These old SD45s (or at least a few of them) ran on NS for a short while in the mid 1980s.
Too bad the EL didnt make it to the camcorder era. Would've been fun watching in-cab video of9 one of those RS switchers shoving a heavy cut over the Marion West Yard hump smoking like mad!
NW wasn't waisting any time.
What was the reason behind having the horn mounted on the side of the cab? I noticed that the C&O had done that with their early diesels like on their GP30s seems like that would make it unnecessarily loud inside the cab when you had the windows or the front door open
EL mounted the horns on the side of the cap for close clearance reasons.
Erie Lackawanna had a lot of F7s.
Like their Alco switchers alot of those F's were pretty worn out!
@@b3j8 Yes Sir, I imagine there WERE worn out. Read that EL's last new locomotive purchases were the SDP45s in 1969.
You Need some Trains West of Ridgeway from the 80s and 90s
Ridgeway?
I was in that tower when it was still in operation.
Just one of many towers that no longer exist.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 Always wanted to see an inside shot of Ridgeway. Wasnt it called "Hays" at one time?
Anything going thru Ashland or Mansfield ohio ?