Trainman2 posted:Funeral Trains are historical, and as such I could see this maybe set up at President Harding's house as a tribute, or in the Smithsonian.
For the general public, model railroading is supposed to be for enjoyment. Commemorating sorrowful events doesn't seem to fall into that category.
I remember an earlier post on military mortuary trains. For myself, I could see running those for Memorial Day, because that's what it represents. But in the United States we don't have a day that honors fallen presidents, so I don't see a way I could justify having a funeral train on my layout.
We DO have a day to honor past presidents.
In 71 "Presidents Day" was officially recognized as a holiday in the USA. It sort of combined George Washigton's and Lincoln's birthdays, and was meant to give us another 3day holiday weekend.
It happens about a month from now, third week of Feb if I'm not mistaken.... along with the "traditional" cut rate furniture ads and appliance sales 
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I remember we used to get a day off of school on each of those presidential birthdays... and it was reduced to one on a long weekend after that. I'm not even sure it's a long weekend for the govt. anymore to be honest.
