Posts Tagged ‘EL in Kent’

EL Monday: The ‘B&M Era’ on the EL

April 30, 2023

Boston & Maine No. 1724 is on the point of an eastbound train in the Erie Lackawanna’s yard in Kent sometime between 1967 and 1972. This is one of several B&M run-throughs I saw on the EL during those years. 

Photograph by Robert Farkas

EL Monday: Westbound Alco in Kent

April 17, 2023

Erie Lackawanna RS3 No. 1029 leads a westbound train through Kent in 1966 or 1967. The unit was built for the Erie in November 1952.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

EL Monday: An F3A in Kent

March 13, 2023

Erie Lackawanna F3A No. 8044 and two other units are eastbound in Kent in the late 1960s. The 8044 was built for the Erie Railroad in July 1947. The train is passing through the yard, which was one of the largest on the former Erie in Ohio.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

EL Monday: Prototype Lash-Up in Kent

February 27, 2023

Erie Lackawanna U25B No. 2511 leads a westbound in Kent in1967-1968. Other units in the motive consist include two other U25Bs, an Alco PA, and and F3B. While the PA and F3B were not likely to be running, this still photo makes one of those “There’s a prototype for everything.” Lash-ups. Note the semaphore signal and light tower for the yard.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

EL Monday: Train Time in Kent

January 9, 2023

It is 1967-1968 in Kent. An eastbound Erie Lackawanna freight train whose lead unit is at West Main Street has just passed the passenger station hidden to the back right of the train.

Photographs by Robert Farkas

EL Monday: Last of the F3Bs

July 5, 2021

Erie Lackawanna Nos. 2524, 7082, 6212, 7062, and 6362 are eastbound in Kent on July 22, 1972. EL 7082, 6212, and 7062 are the last operating EL F3Bs.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

EL Monday: The Lake Cities in Kent

June 28, 2021

Erie Lackawanna E8A No. 815 is on the point of the Lake Cities in Kent on a winter morning in the late 1960s. By now this was the last intercity passenger train left on the EL although the railroad had commuter trains in Cleveland and the New York City region.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

EL Monday: Check Out This Lineup

January 4, 2021

The late Mike Ondecker and I were at the Erie Lackawanna Kent yard in 1967 or 1968 where I photographed this eastbound during a crew change. The units include 2554 (EMD GP35), (unidentified) (EMD F7B), 7063 (EMD F3), 2501 (GE U25), 7081 (EMD F3A), and 7254 (Alco FALCO FA-1).

Photographs by Robert Farkas

EL F7A Monday in Kent

November 2, 2020

Erie Lackawanna F7A No. 6341 sits in Kent on Feb. 24, 1973. The EMD unit was built for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western in July 1949.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

EL Monday: Yes They Had Lashups Like This All the Time

October 26, 2020

It’s hard to imagine today but motive power lashups like this were once common. Erie Lackawanna F3A leads a westbound in Kent in the late 1960s with a B unit and another A unit. There is even an EL boxcar in the consist.

Photograph by Robert Farkas