EL Passenger Service Ended 45 Years Ago

Although the Erie Lackawanna’s Lake Cities was discontinued 45 years ago today, thankfully through this photograph we can still relive a moment in its and Akron’s history.

It is a warm morning in the late 1960s, and the westbound The Lake Cities is approaching EL’s Akron passenger station while Baltimore & Ohio’s westbound Diplomat is awaiting its coming departure from Akron Union Depot.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

Tags: Akron Union Depot, B&O's Diplomat, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Erie Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna's Lake Cities, passengers trains, The Lake Cities