[PRCo] Re: Funeral cars

[Schneider Fred]

So Rich, did PRT have 1500 Nearsides with 1 converted to the  
Hillside .... or 1501 with the Hillside built as a separate order?

On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Richard Allman wrote:

> actually, Ed Torpey's was called Fernwood-the PRT car was the  
> Hillside. I
> did some research a few years ago and it turns out that my
> great-grandmother, Jane Bunting had her last ride on the Hillside  
> in 1919,
> from a funeral home in Kensington section of the city, over  
> whatever routes
> to Old York Road, and then out Route 6 to Hillside Cemetery in  
> Glenside. PRT
> had a siding at the cemetery. My mother had told me of the trip the  
> family
> made on that January, 1919 day. The car was a Nearside.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BobDietrich" <bob.dietrich1 at verizon.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:15 AM
> 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.
>>
>> -----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
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> I have seen photos of  Duluth, Minnesota's trolley "fire engine."
>>
>> K.
>>
>> ----- 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
>>>
>>> Did PRC have any funeral cars?  Assume not; seems to be  'more'   
>>> of a
>>> Western-US phenomenon doesn't it.
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>>>
>>> Phil
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