It is interesting how many times in the 1960's that one of the Erie heavyweight diners was used on the Phoebe Snow. With 10 lounge seats in the diner and the Tavern-lounge car for 2 coaches and one sleeper this was certainly a generous amount lounge space. Tim On 1/31/07, Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com> wrote: > > Coming up on the next month, so flipping the EL calendar we find... > > A harshly-lit shot of the Phoebe Snow at Olean, NY - heavy shadows > obscure the rear and vestibule end of the Tavern-Lounge car at the rear. > Right behind it is a sleeper (looks like 10-5 "Spirit" or "Pride of > Youngstown"), an former Erie 739-series heavyweight diner, and what > looks like two ex-DL&W lightweight coaches. At the head end are two > baggage cars. A neat "pike-sized passenger train" (to use Model > Railroader's term). The rusty sidings in the immediate foreground are a > bad sign for the EL's future in terms of local business. > > - Paul > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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