The last commercial passenger train pulled out of Scranton’s station 50 years ago this Sunday, carrying Larry Malski, Jim Kilcullen and others eager to touch history. On Jan. 4, 1970, the Erie ...

People are invited to celebrate 20 years of railroad heritage on Saturday as the Hornell Erie Depot Museum marks its anniversary with an open-house event. An open house is set to take place on ...

The New Jersey Department of Transportation had them designed and built to run on the Erie-Lackawanna railroad’s diesel-powered lines in the early 1970s.

May 29, 1968 One more year for passenger rail The Interstate Commerce Commission told the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad that it has to operate two passenger trains serving this area for one more year. T… ...

Eventually, the Lackawanna Railroad merged with the Erie Railroad in an effort to consolidate duplicate facilities. The station was closed in 1962 in an effort to further reduce soaring expenses.

1960: The DL&W merges with Erie Railroad, forming the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, which assumes ownership of the rail right of way between Hoboken, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. 1970: Passenger train ...

Schnurlein said he has a basement full of railroad history, memorabilia and model trains, and he's hoping, during the town's upcoming sesquicentennial in 2015, a plaque can be posted where the ...