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DL&W
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:18 AM
I believe stood for Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. My grandfather worked this line in his railroad days. Can anyone help me find information on its history.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:29 AM
turfdawg welcome to the forums
this website should help you our check out kalmbachs trainwatchers guide to north american rrs or history of railroads.i found out I had a step grand father that worked for the Nickel Plate.good luck in your search.
stay safe
Joe

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 1:51 PM
The DL&W was better known as the Lackawanna Railroad. In 1960 it merged with the Erie Railroad to become Erie-Lackawanna. The Erie-Lackawanna later became part of Conrail. Here are some links that should be of use to in finding the information you want:
http://home.ptd.net/~laamb/trains/dlw.htm
http://el.railfan.net/eriemag/
www.norwich.net/~pstrany/row/dlw/index.htm
www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/el.html
I hope this helps!

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