David Crosby 128 pages softcover
The Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western Railroad, better known as the Lackawanna Railroad, was
organized in 1851 and thrived on the anthracite coal traffic originating
from the area surrounding Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company came to
operate a network of track between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New
York, before becoming part of the Erie Lackawanna Railway in 1960.
During the first decade of the 1900s, the railroad underwent a
substantial modernization and improvement project, which was documented
extensively by company-hired photographers. A century later, these
images provide a fascinating insight into the everyday workings of a
railroad and its interaction with the communities along its route.
Nearly all of the railroad territory covered by this book remains in
operation today.
