A yearly event occured during the week of 9/12-9/18/2010. The Metro-North inspection train visited NJ Transits' former DL&W Hoboken Terminal. Metro-North owns and operates parts of the Pascack Valley Line and the Port Jervis Line (both former Erie) and the train visits the west side of the Hudson River once a year to travel these lines.
What makes the visit unique is that the 3 car Metro-North Inspection Train contains both ex- DL&W (a.k.a. Lackawanna) Tavern Lounge cars from the Phoebe Snow, the famous NY(Hoboken) - Buffalo streamliner that was operated by the Lackawanna and Erie-Lackawanna from 1949 - 1966. Once a year these beautiful cars get to grace the tracks of their former home. Although I didn't get to see the cars at Hoboken I did get to see them at the NJ Transit Meadows Maintainence Complex (MMC) on the day they headed back home to the NY side of the Hudson.
Ahhhhhh! Memories.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
If my memory serves me correctly, the tavern-lounges were sold by EL to LIRR who used them as parlor cars in their weekend service to Montauk and Greenport.
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