[PRCo] Re: Funeral cars

[Richard Allman]

not sure! Question for Dick Vible who is wise in all such matters-will ask 
him @ East Penn this Friday.
The car had a door for the casket and was furnished differently than the 
usual Nearside decor. I seem to recall old PRT track maps showing the 
Hillside Cemetery siding.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Funeral cars


> So Rich, did PRT have 1500 Nearsides with 1 converted to the
> Hillside .... or 1501 with the Hillside built as a separate order?
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> On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Richard Allman wrote:
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>> 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:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>> PRC did not.
>>>>
>>>> -----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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Phil
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