Lionel 6-36801

FLATCAR WITH NEW YORK CITY TAXI

 

  • Taxi's used to be delivered to NYC by rail, and we used to watch them being unloaded in Hoboken (at both the Lackawanna and the seperate Erie freight yards)
  • The taxi company would send over drivers, accept delivery, and drive them onto the regular passenger ferrys to cross the Hudson River into Manhattan
  • The railroads included the fee for the ferry in the overall freight bill, and the taxi companies saved paying the toll for the Holland or Lincoln Tunnel
  • Operating couplers on the rail car the taxi is an all metal die cast vehicle (built to

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