• LEF&C Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion Railroad?

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Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in Pennsylvania

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  by tjsingle
 
I Would like know more about this railroad. I've seen the boxcars in Baltimore, and hoppers, but I can't find any information about it. All I know is that it was 15 mile railroad and ceased operations in 1992, they used SW1500's, and MP15's in the later years.

Enlighten me
  by Aa3rt
 
The Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion had its origins in a railroad originally chartered as teh "Pittsburgh, Summerville & Clarion" at the turn of the last century.

The LEF&C operated under that corporate name from 1913 through early January of 1993 when the line was abandonded, mainly due to the downturn in coal mining in the area.

A website dedicated to the LE,F&C can be found here:

http://home.comcast.net/~starmanjb/LEFC/LEFC.html

More specific history of the line here:

http://home.comcast.net/~starmanjb/LEFC ... story.html