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(erielack) Trains articles on Lackawanna.
Hi
I've looked through my old "Trains" mags and found the articles I
mentioned last week. They were written by one of my favourite authors,
Greg McDonnell, and appear in the July & August 1985 issues. They are
not however of the EL as I mentioned, just the former DL&W lines.
Part one of "Is there life after Lackawanna?" covers Hoboken to
Scranton and includes a map showing 1985 operators plus sections
abandoned prior to and by Conrail. There are lots of pictures, about
half of them in colour.
Straight after this there is a one page item on the Virginia Blue
Ridge Railway and a picture of VBR #7. Isn't this a sister to MCC
#4039?
Part two covers Steamtown and everything else to Buffalo. There's
even a 2 page article on "Whatever happened to Miss Phoebe's rolling
stock?" This is also written by Greg McDonnell.
Also in the August issue there's a picture of doubled headed New
Zealand steam at its finest. A 4-8-4 / 4-8-2 combination on a 900
mile return excursion. A spectacular sight at 60 mph even if it is
narrow gauge.
Hope this is of some interest, and that you can track down these
issues. I'm about to read them again myself.
Cheers from "Down Under"
o o O O O O O O O o o o.. Steve Adair,
o New Zealand
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