The Erie Lackawanna Railway (reporting mark EL), known as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The official motto of the line was "The Friendly Service Route".
At the end of 1960, the EL had 3,189 route-miles, 7,265 track-miles; by the end of 1970, mileages were 2,982 and 6,370. In 1970, it reported 15.039 billion ton-miles of revenue freight and 329 million passenger-miles.
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