I don't think the diner ran through to Buffalo. It may have been cut off at Lehighton. Ed Montgomery - -----Original Message----- From: Dale and Ev SBC [mailto:gobills_@_ncweb.com] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 8:13 AM To: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org Subject: (erielack) LV At 05:33 10-09-2007, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:21:59 -0400 >From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net> >Subject: Re:(erielack) OT: LV > >LV used sleepers on the Maple Leaf, an overnight train between NY and >Toronto operated jointly with CNR. However I can't tell you the >configuration. The Black Diamond was discontinued in May, 1959, while >the Maple Leaf (and the NY-Lehighton John Wilkes)continued until February, 1961. > >Paul B > >As of 1957, they didn't. The Black Diamond was a day train between New >York and Buffalo; it carried a railroad owned and operated drawing-room >parlor car, probably very similar to the one offered by Walthers >(932-10300 undecorated; 932-10304 PRR) for $44.98 > >Randy Brown Thanks Paul and Randy. I read the CN supplied the sleepers for the Maple Leaf. Any ideas on the diner used on the Maple Leaf? Dale Madison 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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