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	Erie Lackawanna Railroad -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Erie Lackawanna Railroad was formed from the 1960 merger of the (additional info and facts about Erie Railroad) Erie Railroad and the (additional info and facts about Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad) Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
		The Lackawanna route was severely affected by the decline of (A hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat) anthracite and (Something that hardens to act as adhesive material) cement traffic from Pennsylvania by the 1940s.
		The northeast's railroads, including the EL, were all beginning to decline because of over-regulation, subsidized highway and waterway competition, high rates of urban property taxation, and market saturation (i.e., too many railroad lines competing for what market was remaining).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/er/erie_lackawanna_railroad.htm (851 words)

	AllRefer.com - Erie Railroad, Business & Occupation, (Businesses And Occupations) - Encyclopedia
		The New York and Erie RR Company was enfranchised and incorporated in 1832, and construction was begun in 1835 near Deposit, N.Y. The year 1851 saw 446 mi (718 km) of trunk line across New York state completed to Dunkirk, N.Y., on Lake Erie at a huge cost.
		The railroad went into receivership after the Panic of 1893 and was reorganized (1895) as the Erie RR Company.
		In 1960 the Erie merged with the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western RR to form the Erie-Lackawanna.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/ErieRail.html (431 words)

	Location Facet of the Cleveland Digital Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Paxton, Frederic L. The Railroads of the "Old Northwest" Before the Civil War.
		Cleveland's First Infrastructure: The Ohio and Erie Canal, from George Washington to Alfred Kelley.
		Tamburro, Samuel J. "Ohio & Erie Canal in Cleveland."
	web.ulib.csuohio.edu /SpecColl/cdl/geog.html (1133 words)

	EMD's E Unit
		In June of 1937, the Baltimore and Ohio became one of the first railroads to place the EMD E unit passenger diesel in mainline service.
		This was to begin a love affair that railroads would have with the E for over 25 years.
		Several railroads, like Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern, Canadian National, Wisconsin Southern, and others, use Es to pull special inspections and occasional railfan trips.
	exotic.railfan.net /E.htm (644 words)

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