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Erie-DL&W Merger Information

Larry Berger provided me with a copy of the Erie - DL&W merger plan and other documents. This document is titled Report on Economics of Proposed Merger and was created by Wyer, Dick & Co., Upper Montclair NY on August 6 1959. Larry's copy is numbered 224. Note, I used an OCR capability so there may be wrong/ misspelled words in the documents.

• Erie/DL&W Merger Summary
• Basic Document
• Appendix A - Waybill Analysis
• Appendix B - Normalized Maintenance
• Appendix C - Out-of-Pocket Costs of Handling Freight Traffic
• Appendix D - Estimated Realization of Savings by Years
• Appendix E - Summary of Estimated Cash Requirements for First Five Years
• Appendix F - Methods Used in Adjusting Estimated Savings
• Study I - Common Points
• Study II - Duplicate Lines
• Study III - Duplicate Freight Train Service
• Study IV - Carload Freight - Effect of Rerouting Freight Traffic
• Study V - Possibility of Soliciting Carload Freight for Longer Hauls
• Study VI - Less Than Carload Freight
• Study VII-L - Equipment Pools - Locomotives
• Study VII-F - Equipment Pools - Freight Train Cars
• Study VII-P - Equipment Pools - Passenger Train Cars
• Study VII-W - Equipment Pools - Work Equipment
• Study VII-M - Equipment Pools - Operation and Repair Facilities-Marine Equipment (Freight)
• Study VIII-F - General Repair Facilities - Freight Train Cars
• Study VIII-P - Passenger Train Cars
• Study IX - Material and Supplies Stocks and Purchases and Stores Organizations
• Study X - Foreign Lines Freight Charges on Company Material
• Study XI - Communication Facilities
• Study XII - Police Departments
• Study XIII - Effect of Merger on System Freight Revenue
• Study XIV - System Expenses
• Study XV - Effect of Merger on Expense of Operating Lines Retained
• Study XVI - Labor Contracts
• Study XVII - Taxes on Operating Property
• Study XVIII - Joint Facilities
• Study XIX - Insurance
• Study XX - Pensions, Group Insurance, Medical Protection and Stock Options
• Study XXI - Competitive Passenger Train Service
• Study XXII - Train Dispatchers
• Reorganization Organizational Chart
• Merger Map IV A
• Traffic Density - Merger Effect

LAST UPDATED: 9/18/98 22:15