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Drawing: Combination Mail / Passenger Car; D.L. & W. conversion, Scranton, PA, 1929.

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Drawing: Combination Mail / Passenger Car; conversion by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton, PA, 1929. Blackprint, 9-1/2" high x 24-3/4" wide. Modern reduced size print; original format unknown. This car would have been part of trains that operated out of the D.L.& W Lackawanna Terminal in Hoboken. Text bottom right: D.L. & W. R.R. General Arrangement of Multiple Unit Comb.[Combination] Mail & Pass. [Passenger] Car No. 2440 & 2441 Converted from Comb. Pass. & Bagg. [Baggage] Car No. 427 & 423 Also 2442 Converted from No. 236. Scranton, PA., 9-23-29 I.C. 8915.T Text center bottom below plan of mail room: Mail Room Traced from R.M.S. Sketch No. 1017 Dated May 11, 1926, Revised Mar. 28, 1929. Revised 11-9-29 In Accordance with Letter Dated Oct. 28, 1929 From Mr. A. A. Fisher, Gen'l Supt. R.M.S.

2011.005.0104

2011.005

Lukacs, Claire

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Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

1929 - 1929

Date(s) Created: 1929, 2011 Date(s): 1929

Good

Notes: Note the break in road numbers which indicates sheets not present; there was also a group built in 1932. According to Taber, almost all of these locomotives were scrapped in 1951 with the last few scrapped in 1952. The Lackawanna Terminal in Hoboken was the main eastern terminus for the railroad's passenger service and certain freight operations. This equipment was used in Hoboken. It is unknown if the drawings were made in Hoboken or at one of the many other DL&W facilities, although the engineering department was at one time in Hoboken. The sheets were a routine method for inventory of motive power and other stock. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-05-19

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detail lower right detail plan of mail room section of car detail text about mail room