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Route of the Phoebe Snow on Freight Cars
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anthony wagner
Tim, 1942 is correct. Attached is a slightly blurry photo of DL&W 51000 built in 4-42. Tony Wagner
On Friday, October 21, 2022 at 06:17:52 PM CDT, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
Eric
This car was painted in 1945, photographed in 1948. On 10/20/2022 4:19 PM, erict1361@... wrote: Would anyone know what
the correct year "Route of the Phoebe Snow" appeared on
Lackawanna Freight Cars? I am building Sunshine Kit # 37.11 and
the PDF sheet states 1942. I have searched online, and it looks
like the Lackawanna launched the " Phoebe Snow" Passenger Slogan
in 1949. Which year is correct? Thank You, Eric Thur -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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MDelvec952
The Phoebe Snow campaign re-began when William White became President in 1941. She appeared on War Bonds campaigns, and her first use on boxcar side was on the April 1942 batch of boxcars from Magor, the 51000-series. Everything built earlier than that was a repaint. By the later 1950s all wood-bodied boxcars in service was in the billboard paint. On the 46000-series cars with the shorter inside height, the billboard looked a little squashed. On the 36-foot cars it looked really squashed. Here's a handy eBay grab of one in the billboard paint. Hope you can post a picture of your finished model. Mike Del Vecchio |
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Looking at my pics I have two of these with the early Phoebe Snow lettering. (Stacked to right of door). They both also have AB brakes so post ww2.
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Brian J. Carlson On Oct 21, 2022, at 7:06 PM, erict1361@... wrote:
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I have a shot of DL&W 45749 with a reweigh date of 1953 with the Phoebe Snow slogan.
So, it may depend on what year/era you are modeling.
Steve
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of erict1361@...
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I’m not Ed but I covered these cars in my Rust Belt Boxcars talk at a few RPMs. It’s possible but not likely.
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Brian J. Carlson On Oct 21, 2022, at 7:06 PM, erict1361@... wrote:
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And this DL&W 51500 from 11-44 On 10/21/2022 4:40 PM, Ed Hawkins wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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Eric
This car was painted in 1945, photographed in 1948. On 10/20/2022 4:19 PM, erict1361@... wrote: Would anyone know what the correct year "Route of the Phoebe Snow" appeared on Lackawanna Freight Cars? I am building Sunshine Kit # 37.11 and the PDF sheet states 1942. I have searched online, and it looks like the Lackawanna launched the " Phoebe Snow" Passenger Slogan in 1949. Which year is correct? --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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Eric Thur
Ed,
Thanks for the information. I am building a 46500 Series DS Boxcar Kit. I saw a previous post that referenced a DL&W USRA DS Car. Would you know if Martin Lofton's reference to a 1942 date for Phoebe Snow on the 46500 Boxcar series is correct? Thanks, Eric |
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Ed Hawkins
Eric, I can help to an extent with your question. Builder photos of DL&W 49000 (built 2-40) & 49262 (3-40) lack the Phoebe Snow slogans. The Magor Car Corp. builder photo of DL&W 51000 (built 4-42) does have "The Route of Phoebe Snow" slogan. It’s possible that the slogan was used earlier than the 4-42 date, but at least this should answer your question about starting in 1942 vs. some later date. Regards, Ed Hawkins |
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Eric Thur
Would anyone know what the correct year "Route of the Phoebe Snow" appeared on Lackawanna Freight Cars? I am building Sunshine Kit # 37.11 and the PDF sheet states 1942. I have searched online, and it looks like the Lackawanna launched the " Phoebe Snow" Passenger Slogan in 1949. Which year is correct?
Thank You, Eric Thur |
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