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Erie Lackawanna's train 7, the Pacific Express, departs Corry, Pennsylvania westbound. It will arrive in Chicago in about 13 more hours, having stopped at every station on the route. An express it was not. Within a year the train will be discontinued, but Hoboken to Chicago service will continue with two other trains in each direction - Phoebe Snow and Lake Cities. Note the PRR Alco working in the distance. View full size.
The Erie-Lackawanna merger made for a snappy paint scheme but not much else. Somewhat surprisingly this diamond is still in use, though the EL track has been reduced to single.
Express had two meanings: a train that made fewer stops en route and was therefore faster, or a mail/express train such as this one that wasn't exactly in a hurry. This one is the latter, with what appears to be primarily Railway Express Agency cars, an RPO car, and one no-frills coach for passengers who were likewise in no particular hurry and traveling on the cheap. I've never heard of this train, but I do not claim to be an expert on Lackawanna Railroad operations either.
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