Name/Title
Drawing: Combination Mail / Passenger Car; D.L. & W. conversion, Scranton, PA, 1929.Entry/Object ID
2011.005.0104Scope and Content
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.Acquisition
Accession
2011.005Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1929 - 1929Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1929, 2011
Date(s): 1929General Notes
Note
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
