[PRCo] Re: Funeral cars

[Richard Allman]

Fred et. al.-sounds like Bill has the answer-thanks! Wonder what the fee 
was? If there were 100 funerals annually(more than one per day a logistical 
nightmare, given distances and slowness of PRT) $25 per? just guessing.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Robb" <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:56 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Funeral cars


> Cox says the car was built at the suggestion of the Hillside Cemetery who 
> guaranteed a minimum $2500 annual return to PRT for seven years. The car 
> was built on Brill order 18358, booked on 23 May 1912 and cost $4300. The 
> car was made to resemble as closely as possible a Near Side car. Hillside 
> Cemetery had priority on the use of the car and provided about 75% of the 
> revenues, but other cemeteries were allowed to use the car when it was not 
> otherwise scheduled. It was dismantled in 1932.
> Bill
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> 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
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>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> Phil
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