Lincoln Funeral Add-On Cars

Wow.  I bought three add on sets.  None of them had a casket in them.  The only casket I have is the four-truck heavy Presidential car with the flag-drapped coffin in it, that came with the loco. 

 

BTW, I modified six of them, putting new interiors in them, etc., into a full Victorian era train, baggage car, dining car (I know they didn't have them then), observation car at the rear, and three normal coach cars.  Installed new interiors and painted them.  They are quite nice that way . . . here is four of them behind a 1880's 2-8-0

 

 

Vampires.....

I just looked at them again and it looks like to me that behind the window in the center of the car are Caskets?  The windows are so dark it's very hard to see the inside.  Could what I'm seeing be something like rest rooms?

More likely full-service ATM's.

Lee where do you get interiors for the cars?

Didn't the Lincoln train carry the body of the president and one of his sons who died young?  That might account for 2 caskets aboard the original train.

As I recall the only coffin on it, certainly the only on display with flag and honor guard, was in the Presidential car - the special one with four trucks (it was the Air Force One of its time, armored, etc, and needed them for the weight).  That is modeled fairly correctly on that one car.  

 

The other cars (add on) were for family, friends, honor guard, government officials.  they didn't have coffins in them.  

The funeral car has two caskets in it.  I opened up one of the add on cars. No what you see thru the windows are not ATM's. Looking from one side you see what could be taken as two caskets. BUT these are walls to form a hallway. One of te walls turns to make a short wall going across the car. This forms a small semi privet sitting area. So no caskets.

Didn't they transport the remains of Lincoln's son on that train also ?

Yes they did. Both caskets are in the Presidents car.

That he hath slain himself....