Philadelphia's funeral car was the Hillside, not Hillsdale. In the chat at the end of the program, I later saw where George Gula mentioned that fact. The Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company had a funeral car called the Absequam, built by the John Stephenson Works in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1906. The car had a compartment for the casket and the upper windows were stained glass. It was numbered 120 and unlike the other cars which were originally painted Tuscan Red and later orange and cream, it was painted green and cream. In 1924, when funeral car service ended on the "Shore Fast Line", the car was rebuilt as a parlor car. During WWII, it was converted to a straight coach. The car was burned and scrapped in 1948 when buses replaced trolleys on the Atlantic City - Ocean City trolley line. I have photos of the car, promotional leaflets and newspaper ads advertising funeral car and later parlor car service. By the way, doesn't Boston's Mattapan - Ashmont trolley line go through a cemetery? Also, was Allison Meier expecting a blizzard? What was with those ear muffs?
It's one thing to clarify points of information or add other useful information to a presentation. It's a completely different matter to mock the presenter and her choice of headset.
Very interesting! Thanks.
Very interesting!
Super interesting stuff. Thank you!
Wonderfully articulate presentation! I had no idea there was such an historic connection between cemeteries and public transport!
Philadelphia's funeral car was the Hillside, not Hillsdale. In the chat at the end of the program, I later saw where George Gula mentioned that fact.
The Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company had a funeral car called the Absequam, built by the John Stephenson Works in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1906. The car had a compartment for the casket and the upper windows were stained glass. It was numbered 120 and unlike the other cars which were originally painted Tuscan Red and later orange and cream, it was painted green and cream. In 1924, when funeral car service ended on the "Shore Fast Line", the car was rebuilt as a parlor car. During WWII, it was converted to a straight coach. The car was burned and scrapped in 1948 when buses replaced trolleys on the Atlantic City - Ocean City trolley line. I have photos of the car, promotional leaflets and newspaper ads advertising funeral car and later parlor car service.
By the way, doesn't Boston's Mattapan - Ashmont trolley line go through a cemetery? Also, was Allison Meier expecting a blizzard? What was with those ear muffs?
It's one thing to clarify points of information or add other useful information to a presentation. It's a completely different matter to mock the presenter and her choice of headset.