[PRCo] Re: Funeral cars

[Schneider Fred]

Remember that Philadelphia was a much larger city than it is now both  
in rank and sheer population.   Perhaps there were multiple cars?

On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:28 AM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Fernwood?  That one's new to me.  Our photos show a car named  
> Hillside.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
> BobDietrich
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:15 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Funeral cars
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> I'm surprised that no one mentioned the Philly Funeral car - or did  
> I miss
> it.  It was called Fernwood.  I only know this because in 1973 Ed  
> Torpey won
> an East Penn contest with his model of the car.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of  
> Ken and
> Tracie
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 6:40 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Funeral cars
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> I looked up the following information:
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> Chicago's funeral car was simply "Number One." Also read that St.  
> Louis and
> Buffalo had funeral cars.
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> I have seen photos of  Duluth, Minnesota's trolley "fire engine."
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> K.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 2:51 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Funeral cars
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>> PRC did not.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
>> Phillip
>> Clark Campbell
>> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 3:05 PM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Funeral cars
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>> Did PRC have any funeral cars?  Assume not; seems to be  'more'  of a
>> Western-US phenomenon doesn't it.
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