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Re: (erielack) Phoebe Snow Box cars
Being a Lackawanna aficionado, I was quite aware of the early 20th Century
advertising campaign of the Lackawanna using the white gowned Miss Phoebe
Snow. However I did not notice that the box cars stated "The Route of
Phoebe Snow" (the lady), not "The Route of THE Phoebe Snow" (the train)
It is still a little puzzling in that the DL would use Phoebe, which was
only a symbol of cleanliness of the Lackawanna's passenger trains, as a
slogan, which by the way in 1942 were not clean, because they were steam and
burning bituminous coal, because the anthracite was saved for the troop &
cargo ships to leave as little smoke as possible on the open seas. It is
still somewhat puzzling.
Regards David MV
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "The Jordans" <jjordan_@_blast.net>
To: "TIMOTHY O. STUY" <njmidland_@_compuserve.com>; "A Samostie"
<quahog_@_sprint.ca>; <erielack@lists.railfan.net>; "David Monte Verde"
<dmvgvt_@_earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Phoebe Snow Box cars
> The box cars proclaimed "Route of Phoebe Snow", not "of the Phoebe Snow".
> The box cars advertised the symbol, not the train. What came first, the
> chicken or the egg? In this case, the "advertising of the route", not
> the train.
>
> Multiple pictures of the box car (models from five different producers):
>
>
http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/PJLayoutImages/dl&w51969singleslidingdoor40'boxc
> ar.JPG
>
http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/PJLayoutImages/dl&w54704singleslidingdoor40'boxc
> ar.JPG
>
http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/PJLayoutImages/dl&w55007singleslidingdoor40'PS1b
> oxcar.JPG
>
http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/PJLayoutImages/dl&w55704singleslidingdoor40'boxc
> ar.JPG
>
http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/PJLayoutImages/dl&w51607singleslidingdoor40'boxc
> ar.JPG
>
> Model in pieces:
>
>
http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/SaleList/HOFreight/Athearn5008DL&W40'boxcarRoute
> ofPhoebeSnow.JPG
>
> Watch out for the URL's they turn the corner.
>
> -Joe Jordan
>
> At 08:29 PM 12/16/01 -0500, TIMOTHY O. STUY wrote:
> >There is also a Lackawanna Dining Car china that has Phoebe Snow in a
> >military uniform. There is some debate as to whether they actually used
it
> >in service, but at least it shows that they were think of Phoebe Snow
> >during WWII.
> >
> >Tim
> >
> >
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