She was a thing to behold, a slender woman dressed all in white riding a train from Buffalo to Hoboken. Her story went that she would ride all day, across the Southern Tier when trains once rumbled through its valleys. And Phoebe Snow would ride without fear that her white gown would become dirtied by the cinders which billowed from the train’s engine.

Because she had a secret… the trains she rode were powered by Anthracite.

This episode was written, researched, and hosted by Natalie Shoemaker.