Phoebe Snow (train)

Phoebe Snow

The Phoebe Snow at Hoboken Terminal in 1965
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	New Jersey Pennsylvania New York
Predecessor	Lackawanna Limited
First service	November 15, 1949 (DL&W) 1963 (EL)
Last service	November 27, 1966
Former operator(s)	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL)
Route
Termini	Hoboken, New Jersey Buffalo, New York Other years: Chicago
Distance travelled	396 miles (637 km)
Average journey time	8 hours
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	1-31 (westbound), 2-32 (eastbound) (1963)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	coaches
Sleeping arrangements	Roomettes and Double Bedrooms (when operating to Chicago)
Catering facilities	diner-lounge
Technical
Rolling stock	F3, E8A (locomotives) Tavern-Lounge (passenger)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map v t e Legend Hoboken Newark-Broad Street Brick Church Summit Dover Blairstown New Jersey Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg Cresco Pocono Summit Scranton Pennsylvania New York Binghamton Endicott Owego Waverly Elmira Corning Bath Dansville Mount Morris Buffalo

Phoebe Snow was a named passenger train which was once operated by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) and, after a brief hiatus, the Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL). It ran between 1949 and 1966, primarily connecting Buffalo, New York and Hoboken, New Jersey.