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Our Equipment: The Lake Cities Project
The last long-distance passenger train on the Erie Lackwanna was The Lake Cities. The train made its final trip from Hoboken, N.J. to Chicago, Ill. on Jan. 4, 1970, closing out over 100 years of long-distance passenger service on the Erie and Lackawanna Railroads. The goal of our organization is to recreate an Erie Lackawanna long distance train from the 1960s, which we call The Lake Cities Project.
ELDCPS owns three passenger cars which operated on Erie Lackawanna long-distance trains:
Erie Lackawanna Diner 741
Erie Lackawanna 741, ex-Erie 941
Built 1927, Pullman
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Diner 470
Erie Lackawanna 770, ex-Delaware, Lackawanna & Western 470
Built 1949, Budd
Nickel Plate 10-6 Sleeper City of Lima
Nickel Plate Road 211
Built 1950, Pullman