N&W in 1911--Station water

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In the early 1950s I rode the Cardinal, the self-propelled passenger car on the Frankfork & Cincinnati RR in Kentucky, and I remember that it had some sort of penny-operated paper cup dispenser.  I can't remember any details about its appearance, however.

Gordon Hamilton
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  Here's a link to a penny operated dixie cup dispenser. I guess this is what they were talking about. I've never seen anything quite like this. 


  http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1464&aid=28096&lid=7784840


  Mike Weeks
  Greenville, NC


  On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Michael Weeks <mow0802 at gmail.com> wrote:

    I don't suppose anybody has a picture of this machine or a similar one do they? I would kind of like to see what this thing looked like. Sounds like cutting edge technology in 1911, LOL.


    Mike Weeks
    Greenville NC



    On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:36 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

      Bluefield Daily Telegraph
      October 12, 1911

      INDIVIDUAL CUPS FOR PASSENGERS
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      A Penny in the Slot at the Passenger Station Will Get a Cup
          The Norfolk and Western has installed a sanitary drinking cup arrangement at the passenger station which will provide individual cups for each person.  The arrangement is a novelty for this depot as heretofore an adequate water supply with or without cups has not been provided.  The man who wants a drink of water at the depot now can get it by dropping a penny in the slot and the paper cup will be automatically delivered at once.
          Of course there are some who will not be satisfied with plain water and for the convenience of those people it might be added that the licensed moisteners are still in business across the street.  The advantage that water offers is found in its cheapness, and being able to save four cents or more per glass.  The patent drinking cup arrangement is the same as is found on the Norfolk and Western trains.
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      [Only five cents for a brew across the street?  As Archie and Edith sang, "Those were the days."]

      Gordon Hamilton


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