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Re: Funeral Trains
Author: Tom H
Date: 01-03-2007 - 12:23

England hasn't had a King since 1952. You are probably talking about the royal trip in 1939 with George V and Queen Elizabeth.

Eisenhower was the last big time funeral train in this country. Presidential planes seem to be the standard now so I don't expect to see too many funeral trains in the future.

One that was not mentioned was Warren Hardings funeral train. He died in San Francisco on Aug 2, 1923. His train left 3rd and Townsend at 715 am Aug 3, 1923 and used the Dumbarton cutoff to head East via Stockton and Donner Pass. It used a helper engine over Altamont pass. This was most likely the longest route milage wise for a funeral train in the US at 3,000 miles.

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  Funeral Trains Coleman Randall 01-02-2007 - 16:58
  Re: Funeral Trains Carol L. Voss 01-02-2007 - 17:32
  Re: Funeral Trains WAF 01-02-2007 - 18:14
  Re: Funeral Trains Al Vogel 01-02-2007 - 21:44
  Re: Funeral Trains bill613a 01-03-2007 - 06:45
  Funeral Trains Dick Seelye 01-02-2007 - 21:45
  Re: Funeral Trains almo 01-02-2007 - 22:27
  Re: Funeral Trains Tom H 01-03-2007 - 12:23
  Re: Funeral Trains dale martin 01-03-2007 - 14:41
  Re: Funeral Trains Colin Johnson 01-03-2007 - 18:56
  Re: Funeral Trains Coleman Randall 01-04-2007 - 07:33
  Re: Funeral Trains Chuck Anderson 01-04-2007 - 13:14
  Re: Funeral Trains almo 01-05-2007 - 00:49


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