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The Erie Lackawanna Historical Society, Inc., a historical society dedicated to preserving and disseminating information about the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, the Erie Railroad, the Erie Lackawanna Railway and related lines.
Our mission is for this web site to be a useful asset to our members as well as a valuable research and reference tool for those interested in the history of the DL&W, Erie and Erie Lackawanna.
Note About Former Railroad Employee Records
The Erie Lackawanna Historical Society does not have access to nor maintain in its Archives employee records from the DL&W, Erie or Erie Lackawanna. Two web sites that might prove useful to those in search of employee records are the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board web site and for former Erie Railroad employees and a possible lead for former DL&W employees, Jim Sponholz's web site pages dedicated to helping find former railroad employee records.
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David E. McWherter, 1933-2012
The Board of the ELHS regrets to announce that our long-time friend, treasurer and founding member, David McWherter, passed away on April 25, 2012. We are preparing an appreciation and obituary which will be published in the next issue of The Diamond.
David had a long career in the railroad industry spanning three railroads, The Erie, EL & Conrail. He started out as a clerk in Creston, Ohio and retired from Conrail as a Senor Marketing Analyst for Grain and Grain Products in 1990.
In 1982 David was one of the signatories to the ELHS incorporation and served as the Soceity's teasurer until his death.
Annual Freight Reports to the PUC 1951-60
The attached DL&W Annual Freight Reports to the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission 1951-60 are from the collection of Frank Adams. These document contain a decades worth of reports detailing the quantity of carloads and commodities carried by the DL&W. These reports were provided to Frank by the Pennsylvania State Archive.
 DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1951.pdf | [ ] | 4580 Kb |
| DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1952.pdf | [ ] | 4091 Kb |
| DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1953.pdf | [ ] | 4058 Kb |
| DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1954.pdf | [ ] | 4421 Kb |
| DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1955.pdf | [ ] | 3881 Kb |
| DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1956.pdf | [ ] | 4053 Kb |
| DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1957.pdf | [ ] | 4542 Kb |
| DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1958.pdf | [ ] | 3992 Kb |
| DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1959.pdf | [ ] | 4389 Kb |
| DLW Annual Freight Report to PA PUC 1960.pdf | [ ] | 4159 Kb |
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