A Tribute To The Erie Western Railroad Co. (ERES)

This is a tribute to a railroad few know about. The Erie Western (reporting marks ERES) Railroad was a company that unsucessfully tried to revive the the Indiana section of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company during the late 70's after Conrail had excluded it from it's long range plans. Today, hardly any of the EL ROW is still surviving in Indiana. Some of the ROW has been reclaimed by farmers, some turned into bike paths, others have had whole subdivisions built right on top of where the tracks were. I just wish I could have seen it in it's hayday. Thanks for watching.

UPCARKNOCKER

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[conrailman]

I am the owner of the Erie Western yahoo group and if you'd like to learn more about the ERES, feel free to join us. As for those who asked about Round Lake interlocking, the signal bridge is still there and easily photographed from a nearby country road. John Eagan is going to be releasing a book this fall on the Erie Western, details will eventually be available at my yahoo group page.

[upcarknocker]

@conrailman Thanks for the invite but i have been a memeber of your group for quite some time now. looking forward to the book. plan on getting myself a copy.

[ConrailSD70MAC]

There is a set of abandoned signals in Indiana I want to see out near Laketon. Where the EL created a control point from double track to single track during the 1950's. I think it was called the Round Lake switch.

The signals for the double track to single track are still there and I'd like to photograph them sometime.

Here's the google map coordinates

+40° 58' 29.85", -85° 51' 41.53"

[upcarknocker]

I have to get out there sometime and get some shots of it, if it is still there. This was RX Round Lake Interlocking. Where double track mains went down to single track. This signal was used for eastbound movement and a searchlight was used for westbound movement.

[CabooseColin]

nice I would like to see you up at griffith sometime

[upcarknocker]

One of these days........

[fredstuckmann]

Nice tribute, thanks.

[jfreelan1964]

See an occasional Erie Western grain hopper here in North Carolina.

[Seaboard1321]

I love the Erie Western! Thanks for posting this!!

[whitingguy]

conrail and the US govt suck just shows how much trucks are taking over

[BlackCavalier52]

Beat vid - what's up with the Rock Island passenger cars...just some excursion train? John Eagan is responsible for getting Atlas to make those HO scale RS units, so kudos for stirring up somemore attention for this old railroad. Can't wait for his book either.

[SkyhawkACE123]

What ever happened to the erie western?

[arrowguy173]

Neat video - I like the look of that RS. Revelation Video has two great DVDs on the EL across Indiana, "EL West End" & "EL Legacy". Highly recommended. I grew up close to Goshen/Elkhart in the 70's so I never really knew the EL.

[railfanmonte45]

Great tribute, i am only 28 years old and i love any info i can get about the erie western. I just found a erie western grain hopper for my trainset, i was stoked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!