Donald W. Furler’s Erie Railroad

A new album from our Donald W. Furler Collection  is available online. It features Erie Railroad and includes this Erie Railroad 2-8-4 steam locomotive no. 3321 pulling a westbound freight train through Sloatsburg, New York, on May 12, 1940. Visit our website for the entire album: https://railphoto-art.org/collections/furler/erie-railroad/

Furler Collection Overview

  • Gift of Alan G. Furler
  • Approximately 5,000 images, mostly black-and-white negatives, many of the 5×7 size, as well as color slides in later years
  • Portraits and action views of steam locomotives, primarily in the 1930s to 1950s
  • Extensive coverage of the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as Appalachia and eastern Canada
  • Railroads include the Erie, Delaware & Hudson, Jersey Central, Lehigh & Hudson River, Lehigh & New England, Lehigh Valley, New York Central, New York Ontario & Western, Reading, Lackawanna, Baltimore & Ohio, and Western Maryland