I sent out a message last night but I don't think it posted. I was having an issue with my provider. One thing to keep in mind about No.21 is not to confuse it with No.47 which was the milk, express and mail train that ran from Hoboken to Binghamton via the Boonton Line. As train service on the Boonton Line was cut back 47 started making almost all w/bound stops between Kingsland and Dover. In the Early 50s and before it only stopped at Paterson and Boonton. This train had an express messenger on it and it took its time to get to Binghamton. In early years in carried an a/c coach plus a rider on the end usually being a Boonton Line combine equipped with a stove. 21 was summers only and it received and let off passengers in Pennsylvania. The first stop was Stroudsburg followed by Cresco, Mount Pocono, Pocono Summit, Tobyhanna, and then Scranton. No. 3 stopped at Stroudsburg and Cresco, was flagged at Pocono Summit and then proceeded to Scranton. 21 apparently did a little more business in the mountains. Ed Montgomery ------------------------------
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