Re: (erielack) FW: ICS Scranton Pennsylvania

["Bill Weibel" <weib3_@_centurytel.net>]

Not to mention it was a substantial shipper and had a large loading dock 
west of Ash & wyoming on the D&H Vine St Branch. Used to see cars being 
switched in and out all the time.

Bill
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> The ICS (International Correspondence Schools) was a major employer in
> scranton up until around 1960. Their main building in latter years was 
> located on
> Wyoming Ave at Ash St. I think it is now the Scranotn Prep School 
> assiactaed
> with the Diocese of Scranton.
>
> The ICS had a huge printing plan on the other side of Wyoming Ave. where 
> they
> printed the text and work books for the correspondence courses. The 
> company
> also operated the International Textbook Co printing plan plus printed 
> hard
> cover best seller books under the name of Haddon Craftsman.
>
> ICS put out a lot of courses for the railroad industry and bound sets of
> these books show up fairly often. They have much in the way of excellent 
> text and
> illustrations on subjects such as locomotive boilermaking, car repair, air
> brakes, etc.
>
> Around 1960 there was a huge downsizing and they moved to a much smaller 
> new
> builind not to far from the Lackawanna's Cuyuga Jct. near Oak St.
>
> Seems to me the railroads often paid for workers correspondence courses 
> and I
> recall seeing a passenger car in green with lettering for "International
> Correspondced Schools -Air Brake Instruction Car".
>
> Chuck Yungkurth
> Boulder CO
>
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