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Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail
From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:46:50 -0700 (PDT)
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With a little digging I found it. Yes, the corpse escort ticket was a reduced 
fare. Interestingly, an excess baggage check was issued for the casket but no 
revenue was reported on the baggage report but the baggage report was to show a 
complete description of the corpse ticket. The complete corpse ticket was 
attached to the baggage check (form 62), to be forwarded. This was, of  coarse, 
at the destination.

From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2011 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail


  
Pete,
 If I remember correctly it (the escort's) was a reduced fare and IT was round 
trip! I don't have my agent manual or conductor's instructions handy.
John

From: "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com" <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2011 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail

  

Dan

There is a picture "out there" which would be perfect for your 
demonstration...Only problem is I can't remember exactly where I saw it..I'm 
copying everybody you included in the hope that someone will recall it. 

The scene was "down south"..probably in the 30's or 40's...showing the hearse 
backed up to the depot platform with the undertaker and his helper standing by 
while the casket was being unloaded from the baggage car.

This may have been in "Classic Trains or its predecessor Vintage Rails or 
perhaps even TRAINS.

I'll begin a search, but it will striclty be by memory of where it is.....

Just to add to what John Mitchell said, there was a provision in the tariff 
which provided for an escort to accompany the casket...I don't recall the 
details.

On a personal note I have, on more than one occasion observed the unloading of 
a casket at Langdon, MO on the CB&Q and the scene was just as depicted in the 
photo mentioned above.

Pete Hedgpeth

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From: Daniel <no17eng654@aol.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Jun 4, 2011 9:31 am
Subject: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail

As part of the Manly Jct. Railroad Museum (Iowa)displays, we will have 17 flat 
screens depicting different North Iowa-Southern Minnesota railroads. In 
addition, we will feature things like Railway Mail Service, Railway Express, 
etc. Many human remains were transferred in North Iowa and Southern Minnesota 
by rail up to discontinuance of most trains in the late 60's. 

Would anyone out there be able to share a photo that would demonstrate the 
common scene of handling human remains by train? 

Dan Sabin
No17Eng654@aol.com

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