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1. [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "Daniel" <no17eng654@aol.com>; Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 08:13:34 -0600; 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 Ma; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00012.html (11,475 bytes)
2. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:13:15 -0700 (PDT); I don't have a picture but I can add a little in the way of facts about this piece of business. The price for carrying a corpes was a one way coach fare but this was credited to baggage accounts. T; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00013.html (12,500 bytes)
3. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:37:07 +1200; Daniel Can't help with a photo but the CB&Q did have six hearse box cars numbered 10000-10005. Five of them were of similar dimensions being 29' 5½" inside length and 8' interior height, whilst the s; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00014.html (12,691 bytes)
4. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:10:30 -0400 (EDT); 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; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00015.html (13,485 bytes)
5. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:27:06 -0700 (PDT); 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 Dan There is a picture "out there" wh; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00016.html (14,225 bytes)
6. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:46:50 -0700 (PDT); 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; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00017.html (15,223 bytes)
7. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: Kenneth Fleming <kf5632@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:53:16 -0400; No photos,but an eyewitness description. During the fifties, my father was the baggageman on the Chicago-Mendota local. I would ride with him a few Saturdays a year. During the Korean War we had two; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00018.html (13,667 bytes)
8. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "John Lee" <BNJohn@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:42:54 -0500; Here is a thread on train orders.com about handling human remains, very interesting. someone even attached a cover of a pamphlet issued by Santa Fe for morticians/funeral directors http://www.trainor; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00019.html (14,918 bytes)
9. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 19:52:37 -0400 (EDT); John et al I trust that this little discussion will impress the "younger generation" as to the intricacies and all the intimate details of railroad and station accounting procedures. It's unbelievabl; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00020.html (16,943 bytes)
10. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: richtownsend@netscape.net; Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:18:07 -0400; At the library of congress site there is a photo of President Harding's casket being loaded on or unloaded from a baggage car. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon = [Non-text portions of this messa; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00022.html (13,077 bytes)
11. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 21:52:45 -0500; List, I posted a photo of a coffin that was being loaded on a Zephyr baggage car in 1938. A young sailor was killed by the Japanese bombers on the Yangses River. Of special note the baggage cart has; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00023.html (13,931 bytes)
12. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 22:25:24 -0500; -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http:; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00024.html (14,824 bytes)
13. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: Cy Svobodny <ctsvobodny@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 22:14:31 -0700 (PDT); AMTRAK today has strict rules for the handleing of human remains both for the funeral home and railroad employees. The rough box is the same for rail or air. It is a heavy plywood and 1x3 tra; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00025.html (13,319 bytes)
14. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "Harold Huber" <sarge9@bresnan.net>; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:12:03 -0600; All, During the Viet Nam era, I was 2 times a drill sergeant at Ft. Ord. During our cycle breaks we had the honor of escorting bodies, some by rail, the protesters were full in force at some of the s; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00027.html (13,770 bytes)
15. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:01:10 -0700 (PDT); Pete I'll give you the benefit of my law school education. Being around railroads and hearing about "drafts" made me pay attention when we got to that subject. Basically, a check is an order for the; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00028.html (18,630 bytes)
16. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:29:36 -0500; List, I am digging out a form issued from 1899 No 854 that had to be filled out in the transportation of a corpse. It was perforated at the middle and one part was to be placed on the end of the case; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00029.html (20,795 bytes)
17. RE: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:59:41 -0500; Could Paster (Pastor) be the minister officiating the funeral? Spelling was sometimes 'different' in the 1800s. Nelson List, I am digging out a form issued from 1899 No 854 that had to be filled out; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00030.html (20,617 bytes)
18. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 10:03:23 -0500; This is just a sheer guess on my part, maybe the perforated section was to be pasted to the end of the shipping box. Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad photogr; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00031.html (14,216 bytes)
19. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 22:28:09 -0400 (EDT); Thank you John...your law school tuition is being put to good use...Now on to another arcane matter...that is the "Shippers Order Notify" bill of lading. Many a young inexperienced agent has gotten i; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00041.html (19,103 bytes)
20. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 20:28:12 -0700 (PDT); Pete Yes, they are still used not only by railroads but by truck lines as well. They are provided for in the Uniform Commercial Code too. If I remember right there was a question on the Bar Exam in t; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00042.html (20,249 bytes)

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