Erie Lackawanna Railroad

Stations
411 Broad Street: before 1874 - ~1902
438 Broad Street: ~1902 - April 1, 1976
7th & Roseville Avenues: before 1890 - ~1902
1 N. 9th Street: ~1902 - April 1, 1976
Cross & Division Streets: before 1922 - after 1923
Freight Depot - Broad & Ogden Streets - 1904-?

Photos

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Photos from The Canteen web site

The Erie Lackwanna Railway unofficial web site

Newspaper Articles

January 28, 1900 - Lackawanna's Elevated Tracks
March 16, 1902 - Lackawanna Railroad Clearing the Way for Track Elevation
March 15, 1903 - Two Railroads are Violators
Ajpril 19, 1903 - Track Elevation - The Lackawanna's New Station at Plane Street
May 3, 1903 - Track Elevation
May 22, 1904 - Last of the Old Lackawanna Station, After Fifty Years
July 31, 1904 - Lackawanna Completing Its Big Freight Yard
March 11, 1906 - City May Bring Action Against the Railroads
August 30, 1909 - Dying After a Short Fall

The Erie Railroad merged with the Delaware, Lacawanna & Western Railroad on October 17, 1960 to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.  On April 1, 1976, the Erie Lacawanna Railroad become part of Conrail.

 

From the 1874 Newark City Directory:

Short line between Newark and New York and the most comfortable and direct route to all parts of the West.