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The railroad hosted the streamlined steam-powered Rexall Train of 1936, which toured 47 states to promote the Rexall chain of drug stores and to provide space for company conventions. [16] The steam-powered Century , which followed the Water Level Route, could complete the 960.7-mile trip in 16 hours after its June 15, 1938 streamlining (and ...
Plumb's Drugs, Rexall in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Rexall was a chain of American drugstores, and the name of their store-branded products.The stores, having roots in the federation of United Drug Stores starting in 1903, licensed the Rexall brand name to as many as 12,000 drug stores across the United States from 1920 to 1977.
In 1936 he toured America and parts of Canada with the Rexall Train to promote Rexall stores and products. In 1937 Louis Liggett moved to 170 Ivy Street, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He died on June 5, 1946, in Brookline, Massachusetts. [2] He was entombed in the Liggett Mausoleum in Newton Cemetery in Newton.
March 20 – The 1936 flood ends train service on the Maine Central Railroad Rangeley branch north of Rumford, Maine. [6] March 25 – The 200-inch (5.1 m) mirror blank for the Palomar observatory begins its cross-country trip aboard a special railroad car.
Because each car cost more than $100,000, the R11s were frequently referred to as the "Million Dollar Train." The R11 was the first stainless steel R-type car ever built; Budd previously built the BMT Zephyr – the first stainless steel subway car in the city – in 1934.
Train-related introductions in 1936 (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "1936 in rail transport" This category contains only the following page.
The train's first cars were rebuilt from surplus suburban commuter coaches like those that Dreyfuss saw unused. [14] 1936 Railway Age article about the New York Central train, The Mercury. The article contains technical descriptions, descriptions of the train's interior and exterior, and a floor plan for all of its 7 cars.
1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1936th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 936th year of the 2nd millennium, the 36th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1930s decade.