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Maybe Phoebe Snow's white dress stayed white; but I remember it  differently. 
 I grew up along the New York and Long Branch, a commuter line  with both PRR 
and NJC steam power, using anthracite coal.  We lived two  blocks from the 
tracks.  One of my chores was to gently tap the cinders  from mom's sheets which 
were drying on the clothesline, before taking them back  into the house.  
Maybe the frequent stops and starts
(stations averaged one per mile) boosted the production of cinders,  compared 
to cruising for miles at higher speed. or maybe it was just an ad  man's pen 
at work.  Any members who grew up along DL&W's commuter lines  in north NJ ?
 
Jerome Crosson
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