>Apparently, it was a board game produced around 1910. It has shown up a >couple of times on ebay but it has always gone for big bucks when I have >tried to bid on it. Sounds like a great repro idea for ELDCPS . . . Of course, after hearing Wlat Zullig tell the story of the NYS&W passenger discontinuance saga at the NJM meeting, one could come up with a great "Discontinue Your Passenger Service" boad game <g>. > >It is interesting to note that besides the engineering firsts of the >Lackawanna it was really a pioneer of modern advertising techniques. Phoebe >Snow herself was the first Ronald McDonald making appearances for the >company she represented. And they were environmentalists too -- lobbying for "Clean Air" laws all through the Middle Atlantic states and New England, and coupled that with support for the "City Beautiful" movement. No one who ever complained about "tree huggers" could ever claim to be a DL&W fan . . . Jim Guthrie ELHS #1296 The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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