Delaware Lackawanna and Western Locomotive 808 Postcard

From www.railphotoexpress.biz; Delaware Lackawanna + Western Railroad Locomotive 808 is an EMD E8A, built as Pennsylvania Railroad 5702A in 9/1952. The Locomotive is leaving Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company (DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad) was a U.S. Class one railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey, a distance of about 400 miles. Incorporated in 1853, the DL&W was profitable during the first two decades of the twentieth century, but its margins were gradually hurt by declining traffic in coal, competition from trucks, and high New Jersey taxes. In 1960, the DL&W merged with rival Erie Railroad to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. The E-L was legally conveyed into Conrail on April 1, 1976. Photo by Stan Feldman, Copyright © 9/8/2001.