Re: (erielack) Snack Bar Car, was "dining cars"

["Pete Scheckermann" <"pschecke_@_columbus.rr.com">]

The NJDOT purchase new equipment for the E-L commuter service included "Bar
Cars".  These were used as smoking cars and, up to the mid or late '70's,
were used as bar cars for the commuters.  Prior to the NJDOT equipment, a
temporary bar was installed on a couple of seats in the smoking car for the
same purpose.

On a similar note, there was a subscription car on one of the Boonton Line
commuter trains (Lakeland Express, maybe?) dating back to the DL&W that was
continued until the E-L put the new Pullman Standard equipment in service in
1971.  It was quite a sight during the summer of 1970 to see E8A #833
followed by a half dozen ex-Santa Fe coaches trailing an E-L heavyweight
coach in G/M/Y!  Does anyone know the story behind the car?  How did one
join? What was the history of the car and the subscription?

Thanks.

Pete S
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From: "STGCOMM_@_aol.com" <STGCOMM@aol.com>
To: "erielack_@_internexus.net" <erielack@internexus.net>
Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Snack Bar Car, was "dining cars"


>All this talk about dining cars made a memory return to me.  Does anyone
know
>the history of a "Snack Bar" car that was frequently seen on the Pascack
>Valley Line in the late '70's/ early 1980's?  I remember seeing it on the
>Spring Valley bound train in the evening, and although it was labeled
"Snack
>Bar", my father, who rode the train, said there was no snack bar in it.
What
>was this car, and when (and where) was it used as a snack bar?  Was it Erie
>or DL&W?  I have found very basic information (car #, etc) on websites, but
>nothing on its history.  Any help will be appreciated.
>
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