Bill, Old Eli was a race horse of some sort here in the midwest before the
turn of the century. I'll dig out the article in my files that tells the
full story as soon as I can. Later, Archie
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From: "Willliam Franckey" <budapest@galesburg.net>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 2:01 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Old Eli
> Dear List, someone from Canada has asked a question, "Why was the
> Kansas City Flyer" referred to as Old Eli? I have now heard that this
> may refer to a dining car and/or train and now there is talk of a
> Pullman Parlor Car. Can anyone shed some light on this? Bill
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