Postcard photo of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad's "Phoebe Snow" which ran between New York City and Buffalo, New York.
Date
circa 1963
date QS:P,+1963-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
to 1966 as this is when the Erie Lackawanna ran the train and added an observation car called the Tavern Lounge, which the person sending the card refers to as being in training for. The train was discontinued in 1966. Postmark of card can't be read.
The card has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above.
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