Delta Eagle Article 1991

[kevin_herrington22]

Hello,

I am looking for an article wrote by Jim Bennett called the “Delta Eagle Commemoration” published in “The Eagle” in winter 1991. It looks like this issue is not available for sale and was wondering if anyone had a copy of it.

Thanks,

Ryan Smith

[princessclyne69]

Ryan:

If you don’t get anything by this weekend, please send me a direct email. My Eagle collection has moved to my other house and I can look then.

I visited Jim Bennett in Stuttgart, Arkansas once many years ago, probably around 1980, and he was very knowledgeable about railroad history there.

RG7

[benjamintickell53]

The Jim Bennett article referenced is below. This was a very short, summarizing article. The Delta Eagle was Jim Bennett’s favorite MoPac passenger train (along with RI’s Choctaw Rocket and all StLSW passenger service). I seem to recall a more lengthy Jim Bennett article on the Delta Eagle, probably published in the Arkansas Railroader, but I don’t have that immediately at hand.

Jim had a friend in the printing business in Stuttgart, which allowed Jim to create a variety of printed forms, usually commemorative envelopes or pads of note paper with various railroad advertising artwork. He commemorated the Delta Eagle operation by creating the envelope shown, and having examples postmarked at various post offices along the Delta Eagle route. Similar artwork appeared on 5×7 note pads, which Jim gave to his many friends and railroad history colleagues.

Bill Pollard

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[kevin_herrington22]

Thanks. I got the one in the Arkansas Railroader.

Ryan Smith

[kevin_herrington22]

@arkrail wrote:

The Jim Bennett article referenced is below. This was a very short, summarizing article. The Delta Eagle was Jim Bennett’s favorite MoPac passenger train (along with RI’s Choctaw Rocket and all StLSW passenger service). I seem to recall a more lengthy Jim Bennett article on the Delta Eagle, probably published in the Arkansas Railroader, but I don’t have that immediately at hand.

Jim had a friend in the printing business in Stuttgart, which allowed Jim to create a variety of printed forms, usually commemorative envelopes or pads of note paper with various railroad advertising artwork. He commemorated the Delta Eagle operation by creating the envelope shown, and having examples postmarked at various post offices along the Delta Eagle route. Similar artwork appeared on 5×7 note pads, which Jim gave to his many friends and railroad history colleagues.

Bill Pollard

Delta-Eagle-commemoration-1991-w.jpg

Delta-Eagle-commemorative-postmark-w.jpg

Bill,

Thanks. I believe I have the later article published in the Arkansas Railroader.

Ryan

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