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Re: (erielack) Interesting Lackawanna Timetable
The same assignments are shown in the Jan 1910 OG.
Taking the dining car off short of the terminal allows the car to make a
round trip that could not happen if the car went to the terminal.
# 8 Buff - Elmira Lv Buffalo 5:30 PM arr Elmira 8:47 PM
# 4 Elmira to Dover Lv Elmira 9:35 AM Arr Dover 3:46 PM arr Hob 4:48 PM
# 25 Lv Hob 2:00 PM lv Dover 5:13 PM Arr Scr 6:37 PM
# 15 Lv Scr 6:20 AM arr Buff 1:06 PM
This is one possibility from a quick look at the OG.
I thought the same as Al Samostie at first but if you look at the whole
fleet drop offs and pick ups make sense. Also it looks like Elmira may
have been the dining car base.
Here is the whole list:
Westbound 3 Hob - Buf, 5 Hob - Bing, 7 Hob - Str, 9 Buffet, 15 weekday
Scr - Buf, sun Elm - Buf, 25 Dov - Scr.
Eastbound 2 Bin - Hob, 4 Elm - Dov, 6 Buf - Hob, 8 Buf - Elm, 12
Buffet, 14 Str - Hob, 26 None
bob gillis
"TIMOTHY O. STUY" wrote:
>
> I picked up an interesting Lackawanna Timetable yesterday. There is no
> date on it, but I would guess early 1900's. It is a single fold measuring
> 4 1/2" X 3 1/2". The cover is a color print of the Delaware Water Gap.
> The inside is marked Lackawanna Through Service. The back is called "A Few
> Anthractations on Railway Travel Worth Knowing" It was printed by the
> American Bank Note Company, which I believe is rare for them to do
> something like a timetable.
>
> What got my attention were the setoffs and pickups of dining cars. Here
> are the routings:
>
> No. 7 - Buffalo and Chicago Express: Dining Car Hoboken to Stroudsburg
> No. 15 - Chicago Mail: Dining Car Scranton to Buffalo
> No. 25 - Scranton Express: Dining Car Dover to Scranton
>
> What I found interesting was the setoffs and pickups at Dover and
> Stroudsburg. Did anyone ever hear of this before?
>
> Tim
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