RARE AUTHENTIC VINTAGE Railroad Sleeping Car Conductors Hat c.1930-40's NICE !!!

Description

EXCELLENT CONDITION - THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN IN THIS CONDITION FOR AGE (OVER 80 YEARS OLD) - VERY NICE ADDITION TO RAILROAD OR HAT COLLECTION - CAME FROM ESTATE OF MAN WHO WORKED FOR ERIE RAILROAD IN THE 50's - MADE BY CARLSON & CO., CHICAGO, IL. - BRASS SLEEPING CAR HAT BADGE
The
Erie Railroad
(
reporting mark
ERIE
) was a
railroad
that operated in the
northeastern United States
, originally connecting
New York City
— more specifically
Jersey City, New Jersey
, where Erie's
Pavonia Terminal
, long demolished, used to stand — with
Lake Erie
. It expanded west to Chicago with its 1865 merger with the former
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
, also known as the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad
(NYPANO RR). Its mainline route proved influential in the development and economic growth of the
Southern Tier
of New York State, including cities such as
Binghamton
,
Elmira
, and
Hornell
. The Erie Railroad repair shops were located in Hornell and was Hornell's largest employer. Hornell was also where Erie's mainline split into two routes, one north to
Buffalo
and the other west to Chicago.
On October 17, 1960, the Erie merged with former rival
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
to form the
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
. The Hornell repair shops were closed in 1976, when
Conrail
took over, and repair operations moved to the Lackawanna's
Scranton
facility. This had a devastating effect on Hornell, from which it has never recovered. (The repair shops have subsequently been used, intermittently, for the assembly of
railroad
and
transit cars
.) It is now run by
Alstom
. Some of the former Erie line between Hornell and Binghamton was damaged in 1972 by the floods of
Hurricane Agnes
, but the damage was quickly repaired and today this line is a key link in the
Norfolk Southern Railway
's Southern Tier mainline. What was left of the Erie Lackawanna became part of Conrail in 1976.
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In 1983, Erie remnants became part of
New Jersey Transit rail operations
, including parts of its
Main Line
. Today most of the surviving Erie Railroad routes are operated by the
Norfolk Southern Railway
.