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THIS IS A SET OF 2 CARDS. ONE IS 1927-1928 MEMBERSHIP CARD TO THE ERIE RAILROAD VETERANS ASSOCIATION THE OTHER ONE IS A 1976 CARD ISSUED BY THE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY FOR A CONDUCTOR RE-EXAMINATION DATED 4/20/1976 (signed on the back)BOTH CARDS ARE PROTECTED IN LAMINATED SLEEVES
Erie Railway is a short line freight railroad serving customers in Morris, Essex, and Union Counties in New Jersey.
For over a century, the Morristown & Erie Railway has maintained one slogan: “Service Is Our Business!” Today, the Morristown & Erie still follows that motto, offering shipping services catered to fit its customers’ needs with the same personal attention and professionalism that the railroad was founded on.
The Erie Railroad traces its roots back to the four-mile Whippany River Railroad. Incorporated in 1895, the small railroad served the lucrative paper mills and industrial area between Whippany and Morristown. In 1902, the Whippany & Passaic River Railroad was incorporated to build east from Whippany six miles to Essex Fells, connecting there with the Erie Railroad. This gave the industries of Hanover access to two major railroads and the cost savings of competition. The Whippany & Passaic River Railroad and the Whippany River Railroad merged to form the Morristown & Erie Railroad in 1903.
In the coming decades, the railroad remained a well-run, profitable freight railroad. During the busy years, two crews were on duty six days a week on the tiny 10-mile line. With its continued success, the company became the only railroad in the United States to pay off all of its debts during the Great Depression.
Following World War II, trucking made more inroads into rail traffic, and some companies were simply closing or moving elsewhere. The conversion from steam to diesel locomotives in 1952 helped keep the M&E financially stable through the 1960s as business continued to decline. By the 1970s, the mills were shutting down, and shipments were dropping off. The railroad was hauling fewer than a dozen cars in a single week, and the M&E declared bankruptcy in 1978.
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