RE: (erielack) EL & Erie 50' double door boxcars

["Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org 
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of Todd Stearns
> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:34 AM
> To: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
> Subject: Re: (erielack) EL & Erie 50' double door boxcars
> 
> Years ago when I went to truck driving school, our instructor 
> pointed out that many things in the transportation industries 
> are cyclical. Your post helps prove that well. Companies must 
> adapt to these cycles if they wish to remain in business. At 
> least the railroads now realize this too. Too bad it didn't 
> catch on decades earlier! Well, actually, wasn't the E-L one 
> of the forerunners for piggyback service? 

The EL didn't exist yet.  Both the ERIE and the DL&W were leaders in piggyback.

SGL


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