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From: Joshua Blay mail AT joshuakblay DOT com
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:35:36 +0000
Subject: Special Train on the Lackawanna December 1941
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A friend from Wilmington, DE put together this blog on Defence Trains that were operated to advocate for war production:

http://www.wilmingtonmemories.com/2020/03/the-defense-train-came-to-wilmington.html?fbclid=IwAR3qT8ePtL5W7YcE8N48NF2hRV05jJdWaHwbN3q8Laf8VJoB8xlnT40ClhY

As part of his research he found the attached, it looks like it came down the Syracuse (NY) Branch in early December just a few day before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Anyone know more about these trains?

Joshua


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