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Title: THE REST OF THE STORY ABOUT EL'S DEMISE
Review: H. Roger Grant has done a masterful job of presenting a side of the Erie Lackawanna story that never was told before publicly. He covers many of the costly mistakes made that had they been avoided, might have kept the railroad alive beyond 1976. He reveals the fact that during its first three years after the merger, the Erie Lackawanna experienced much the same kind of infighting by the Erie and DL&W factions as the Penn Central experienced with the Red and Green team feuding. It was this feuding that almost sank the company. Mr. Grant also points out equipment modifications to locomotives that should have been made to make the two diesel fleets more compatible with each other, but weren't until several years after the October 17, 1960 merger date, which merged the two railroads in name, but remained two in operation until after 1961.This, too nearly sank the company. i highly recommend this book to fans of this railroad.
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