• the phoebe snow

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Discussion relating to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Erie, and the resulting 1960 merger creating the Erie Lackawanna. Visit the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society at http://www.erielackhs.org/.

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  by blue comet
 
good day I'm looking for any information about the drumheads that were placed on the rear end of the train . what phoebe snow train had a round drumhead on it ? what year? also if it had a car number , where can I find a photo of train with the drumhead on it ?
  by Richard1
 
The only round Phoebe Snow drum head I recall seeing was occasionally when the business car was being operated at the end of the train.
  by scottychaos
 
The Phoebe Snow did not have round drumheads..
It had rectangular signs at the rear of the observation car..
technically not "drumheads" in the traditional sense, although they were lighted at night.

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  by Windseeker1
 
Richard1 wrote:The only round Phoebe Snow drum head I recall seeing was occasionally when the business car was being operated at the end of the train.
I copied this photo from off the web somewhere. It shows a round drumhead in a museum setting but it is because of the newspaper clipping under it in the left corner that I posted it. As mentioned above, it appears to be on a business car tacked on to the end of the train and was being used as a stand in to mark the train. (Thanks for the help Scott)
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