p51 posted:Hot Water posted:palallin posted:I find this interest in a funeral train for the layout moderately ironic. Years back, when the Lincoln Funeral Train was new(ish), there was something of a backlash, claiming that such a train was morbid.
I really wonder why the difference in perception.
Maybe because President Lincoln was assassinated?
Maybe so.
Maybe also that trains were relatively new to normal folks for the most part and I'd think some considered the use of a train to be disrespectful to a degree. I recall reading of such a reaction from that timeframe, by some.
By "years back," I mean when the Lionel model came out. Many folks were adamant that they'd never have one on their layout.
I can't imagine the manner of the death has anything to do with the reception of the toy today.
