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Posted by JohnL on Thu Apr 12 11:20:40 2012, in response to Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 10:56:05 2012. In the past in London, there has been a whole dedicated railway for funeral trains.And Britons of a certain age may remember a certain funeral train: |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 11:45:23 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by JohnL on Thu Apr 12 11:20:40 2012. 150 years ago, Lincoln had a ride in a special car. 
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Posted by JohnL on Thu Apr 12 11:49:26 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 11:45:23 2012. How did they get a coffin into the car? |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 12:06:05 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by JohnL on Thu Apr 12 11:49:26 2012. Look at the Second photo, the left end is missing the railing on the platform.I would guess that was the entry point for the casket. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 12:15:06 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 12:06:05 2012. When I was a child, I was told that people along the route would place coins on the track, to be flattened as the train passed, and kept as keep sakes, or souvenirs. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 12:39:45 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 12:15:06 2012. Have you ever heard of that being done since then? |
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Posted by JohnL on Thu Apr 12 13:15:39 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 12:06:05 2012. Got it. I guess there was some sort of ramp/platform built to help load the coffin. |
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Posted by Dave on Thu Apr 12 13:25:48 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 12:15:06 2012. Very true. My buddies and I used to do that all the time near the Smithtown station. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 13:53:40 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 12:39:45 2012. Yes, WW II GI's returning for burial in their home towns, but in Baggage cars.Possibly again for the Korean War. Again in the baggage car. I'm not sure on what the policy was back then, but maybe with a military Honour Guard. |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Thu Apr 12 14:25:48 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 11:45:23 2012. Wow, an 8-axel wooden coach. At least it looks wooden. |
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Posted by chud1 on Thu Apr 12 15:14:31 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by JohnL on Thu Apr 12 11:20:40 2012. Excellent video.chud1 |
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Posted by Wado MP73 on Thu Apr 12 15:48:42 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by JohnL on Thu Apr 12 11:20:40 2012. Golfers travelling from London to West Hill Golf Club, which stood right next to Brookwood’s grounds, sometimes took advantage of this, dressing up as mourners to ride the Necropolis train down, and so pay a lower fare.It was eventually decided that LNC would supply all future train crews with a free ploughman’s lunch and a single pint of beer so they wouldn’t be tempted to go to the pub. That's soooo English. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 15:52:38 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Fulton Frank on Thu Apr 12 14:25:48 2012. Originally built for Lincoln's Air Force One.He only got one ride. |
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Posted by JohnL on Thu Apr 12 20:53:03 2012, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by chud1 on Thu Apr 12 15:14:31 2012. Interestingly enough, it was the biggest outside broadcast that had been mounted in the UK to date. I remember watching it live with my grandmother and great aunt. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jan 29 22:55:16 2015, in response to Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 10:56:05 2012. What interurban company is this one? |
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Posted by Bill West on Fri Jan 30 03:25:55 2015, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jan 29 22:55:16 2015. From Middleton's "The Interurban Era" pg 62, this is The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company's car No. 1000. The picture credit is the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.Bill |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Jan 30 03:37:14 2015, in response to Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 10:56:05 2012. Yeah, but the only view in there is the ceiling. :) |
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Posted by milantram on Fri Jan 30 07:49:12 2015, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 13:53:40 2012. It was also done in the 1980s out West, when SP "Daylight" 4449 was pulling its excursions. |
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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Jan 30 09:23:28 2015, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Avid Reader on Thu Apr 12 12:15:06 2012. when you wuz a child Lincoln was in the whitehouse. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Jan 30 09:39:14 2015, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Jan 30 09:23:28 2015. Evelyn Lincoln probably was. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 30 10:36:26 2015, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Dave on Thu Apr 12 13:25:48 2012. Me too. been there done that. When I was a kid & NY Connecting RR trains would go thru my neighborhood in Queens at about 50mph, we'd put pennies on the rail by the 37th Ave & B'Way overpass to get em flattened out, retrieve as many as we could find & file them down to be the size of quarters for the low tech vending machines of the day. Usually one in ten would work so we'd net an average of a 15 cent profit! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 12:21:53 2015, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Bill West on Fri Jan 30 03:25:55 2015. Thanks.How many other electric railways had funeral cars? |
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Posted by Bill West on Sat Jan 31 05:15:35 2015, in response to Re: Going in style, do it my way., posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 12:21:53 2015. Middleton doesn't mention any others but his caption said: "Before the automobile hearse became an acceptable mode of transportation to the last resting place, dignified funeral cars such as the Milwaukee Electric's No. 1000 were a common sight on interurban and street railway lines, and an on-line cemetery was considered a definite asset."A Google Image search for 'interurban funeral car' brings up 2-3 accurate hits, especially GreatThirdRail.org re Chicago and Tramz.com where Mexico City is credited with 28 such cars! 'Funeral streetcar' brings up some more including the Descanso of Cajon Pass fame. Bill |
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