(erielack) Dining Car Society article

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The Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society will hold its first 
convention Oct. 21-23 at Hilton Scranton and Conference Center. 




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The nonprofit society, established in 2001, is dedicated to the preservation 
of the dining car experience on the Erie Lackawanna and its predecessors 
through the purchase and restoration of dining equipment.

The organization’s secretary, Timothy Stuy of Parsippany, N.J., said Scranton 
was the logical choice to host the gathering since the society’s first 
restored dining car, EL 741, will be based and operated out of the city.

Although about half of its 170 members live within 100 miles of Scranton, Mr. 
Stuy said, the group also wanted to raise its profile in Northeastern 
Pennsylvania.

“Our thoughts were we really wanted to do something in the area to introduce 
ourselves,” he said.

The group has invited members from several other historical societies to 
participate in the convention, including the Nickel Plate Road Historical & 
Technical Society, Erie Lackawanna Historical & Technical Society, Erie Lackawanna 
Historical Society and New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical Society.

In addition, the convention will feature a reunion of veterans of the Erie, 
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, and the Erie Lackawanna railroads, Mr. Stuy 
said.

For more information about the organization or the convention, visit the 
society’s Web site at www.eldcps.org or write to ELDCPS, P.O. Box 5821, 
Parsippany, NJ, 07054. 


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