2010.007

Lukacs, Claire

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Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

1957 - 1957

Date(s) Created: 1957 Date(s): 1957

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Notes: Transcriptions of two articles from The Lackawanna. December, 1957. Volume 4, No. 5. ------------------- Transcription of article on page 17, The Lackawanna. December, 1957. Volume 4, No. 5. 2010.007.0207 [caption for photos page 17: At dedication of new Railway Express company building, President A. L. Hammell (second from left) cut the ribbon. Flanking him, left to right, are A. E. Kriesien, assistant vice president and general manager, Erie Railroad; Daniel F. Carmody, acting mayor of Hoboken, and W. G. White, vice president-operations, Lackawanna Railroad ..... BELOW: Shipments are unloaded from trailers on to the powered floor-level conveyor.] Railway Express Opens New Facilities At Hoboken .A. new $700,000 addition to Railway Express Agency's terminal facilities at Hoboken, that more than double the capacity of express operations, was dedicated and officially opened late in October. Engineered and built by Railway Express Agency, the new facility incorporates the smaller former express depot adjacent to the Lackawanna passenger station. It has been designed to handle and process express traffic moving between the New Jersey-New York Metropolitan area and points served by both the D L & W and Erie Railroad required. Equipped with three rail carloading platforms and almost a quarter-of-a mile of electrically powered and gravity conveyors, the new and enlarged express depot features unique developments and techniques in terminal construction and in materials handling equipment and systems. The terminal's three platforms can accommodate 30 large-size rail express cars. The "stub" track platform facing Observer Highway is 344 feet long by 26 feet wide and provides unloading facilities for four railroad cars. The main platform, which is 777 feet long and 23 feet wide, and the island platform, running 721 feet by 18 feet in length and width, flank a double rail track which extends through the full length of the terminal providing space for another 26 express cars. The vehicle-loading platform at street-side, 777 feet long, accommodates 53 street vehicles at one time. Backup space for an additional 21 trucks and trailers is available in the shipment classification area when In order to provide easy access between all platforms in the terminal and permit the speedy interchange of rail car equipment, three hydraulic lift bridges of special design and construction were installed. Electrically controlled, these lift bridges perform a dual function. When elevated they form a link between otherwise isolated platforms. In the down position the bridges carry rail cars into the depot across the pits in which the operating mechanism is installed. More than 600.000 individual pieces of rail and air express will be handled through this new facility each month. To help speed the processing and movement of this volume a specially designed type conveyor system was installed. The center of the new terminal's operations is the unique conveyor system which extends almost the full length of the building. It is powered and of recessed floor-level steel slat design and works in conjunction with gravity conveyors, both permanent and portable. [end] ---------------- Transcription of article on page 19, The Lackawanna. December, 1957. Volume 4, No. 5. 2010.007.0207 Now I See How Spotlessly Your Kitchen's Kept... LACKAWANNA DINING CARS AWARDED NEW "A" RATING This is "A" certificate awarded Lackawanna diners.Lackawanna dining cars last month had the distinction of being qualified for the "A" certificate, resulting from an inspection by the United States Public Health Service. Top honors were given the railroad's cars both in construction and sanitation. The certificates which were awarded the railroad were based on new Public Health Service standards and a new system of grading. To win the "A" certificate requires a score of 95 or better. The Lackawanna for many years has been receiving a high rating on its cars during each inspection, and now under the new system of grading receives the "A" award. The certificates, which the Public Health Service says must be displayed in the cars, are being framed and will be mounted on the walls of the cars. The Lackawanna's dining car service is under the direction of John M. Collins, manager, and Russell H. Lloyd, superintendent. The Public Health Service also gives two other certificates for dining cars, Class B and Class C. In the case of the former, these cars may continue to operate; in the Class C category, however, these cars may operate only 30 days after receiving the ratings and during which time the railroad must upgrade the cars to the standards required by the PHS. The Class A ratings for sanitation and construction applies to all the railroad's diners, including cafe cars and the luxurious streamlined cars of the "Phoebe Snow." The Lackawanna's dining car service dates back many years, the railroad being one of the first in the east to provide this service to the traveling public. The cars and their service always have been a source of pride to the railroad . . . and even the lovely Phoebe Snow once had this to say: "Now that I see how spotlessly Your kitchen's kept it seems to me It gives one quite an appetite This cleanly Road of Anthracite." [caption for photo midpage: In kitchen of "Phoebe Snow" diner are LaGresson Glover (foreground), second cook, and Matt Stackhouse, chef.] Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2010-10-14