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Re: (erielack) Ghost Train-Towns



Towns on the route of the funeral train. Some towns were dropped to keep the
list short.
Ron
Washington D.C.
Baltimore, MD
Havre de Grace
Parkton
Hanover Jct., PA
York
Harrisburg
Diller Valley
Lancaster
Downingtown
Philadelphia
Trenton, NJ
N. Brunswick
Rahway
Newark
Jersey City
New York, NY
Yonkers
Sing Sing
West Point
Poughkeepsie
German T.
Hudson
Stuyvesant
Albany
Schenectady
Little Fals
Utica
Rome
Syracuse
Newark
Rochester
Batavia
Buffalo
Hamburg
Dunkirk
Erie, PA
Ashtabula, OH
Geneva
Cleveland
Grafton
Shelby
Cresline
Gailon
Worthington
Columbus
Milford
Urbana
Piqua
Bradford
N.Paris, IN
Richmond
Knights T.
Indianapolis
Zions V.
Lebanon
Lafayette
Renolds
Lacrosse
Michigan City
Chicago, IL
Joliet
Wilmington
Dwight
Pontiac
Chenoa
Bloomington
Linclon
Springfield
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com>
To: "Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_optonline.net>
Cc: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>; <erielack-owner@lists.railfan.net>;
"'rslate'" <rslate_@_frontiernet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:46 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Ghost Train


>
> Perhaps my point is that I'd rather err on the side of being inclusionary
> rather than seeing someone blasting away at a previous email because it
> didn't meet their personal criteria for relevance.  If the subject is of
> interest there will be additional emails; if not, there will be silence.
> That's democracy.
>
> Chuck
>
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>
>                       "Paul R. Tupaczewski"
>                       <paultup_@_optonline.ne
>                       t>                    To:
Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com
>                       Sent by:                      "'rslate'"
<rslate_@_frontiernet.net>
>                       erielack-owner_@_lists. cc:
erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
>                       railfan.net           Subject:
>                                                     RE: (erielack) Ghost
Train
>
>                       04/05/2005 11:09 AM
>                       Please respond to
>                       "Paul R. Tupaczewski"
>
>
>
>
>
> I wouldn't go THAT far to say "ANY" rail-related subject. A certain degree
> of levity is offered, but we'd like to stick to the topic of the list - EL
> and predecessors (and the Ghost Train story did involve the Erie)...
>
>              - Paul
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net
> > [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net] On Behalf Of
> > Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:35 AM
> > To: rslate
> > Cc: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net; erielack-owner@lists.railfan.net
> > Subject: Re: (erielack) Ghost Train
> >
> >
> >
> > I think any rail-related subject can be discussed here.  I
> > personally find the Ghost Train story fascinating.
> > Reportedly people used to wait each year for the "train" to
> > come by, and even in places where the track had been
> > realigned the train followed the old alignment.  Apparently
> > too many people saw the train to dismiss it as a figment of
> > someone's imagination.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                       "rslate"
> >
> >
> >                       <rslate_@_frontiernet.n
> >
> >
> >                       et>                   To:
> > <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> >
> >                       Sent by:              cc:
> >
> >
> >                       erielack-owner_@_lists. Subject:
> >
> >
> >                       railfan.net                   Re:
> > (erielack) Ghost Train
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                       04/01/2005 01:25 AM
> >
> >
> >                       Please respond to
> >
> >
> >                       "rslate"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  I didn't start this subject. I just added that I had also
> > heard the story and that it was supposed to be in Illinois,
> > not in the East. If you don't want to read it don't open it.
> > Seems you are the one with a little to much time on your
> > hands and can only figure out how to have an attitude problem. Ron
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "timothy heckman" <chunk1_@_msn.com>
> > To: <rslate_@_frontiernet.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:44 PM
> > Subject: RE: (erielack) Ghost Train
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tim Heckman
> > > ELHS#2571
> > > MP 35 DAYTON HILL 2.5% GRADE STEEPEST ON ERIE
> > >
> > >
> > > YOU
> > >
> > > >From: "rslate" <rslate_@_frontiernet.net>
> > > >Reply-To: "rslate" <rslate_@_frontiernet.net>
> > > >To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > > >Subject: (erielack) Ghost Train
> > > >Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:14:31 -0500
> > > >
> > > >Here is a short article I found on the net about the ghost
> > train Ron
> > > >
> > > >One of the most famous ghost trains has been seen by hundreds in
> > Illinois.
> > > >When Lincoln, who openly had seances at the White House
> > died in 1865
> > > >his body was transported on a special funeral train. Now
> > every year
> > > >on that anniversary his ghost train is seen slowly going down the
> > > >tracks. It's
> > said
> > > >to be manned by skeletons with an entourage of blue coated men
> > > >walking behind.
> > > >
> > > GOT ANY PICTURES?  HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?    MY REAL QUESTION
> > IS WHAT DOES
> > THIS
> > > SUBJECT HAVE TO TO WITH THE ERIE OR LACKAWANNA?  OR BOTH?
> > SEEN ELVIS
> > > LATELY?MAYBE RON HAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS AND CAN'T
> > > FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.  OR WHY DON'T YOU AND RON EMAIL THIS BETWEEN
> > > YOURSELF AND STOP FILLING UP MY INBOX WITH THINGS THAT ARE
> > NOT BASED
> > > IN RELATITLY TIM HECKMAN ELHS 2571
> > >
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