Presidential Funeral Trains

[@mikeingeorgia1]

President Carter is the ONE President I’d most expect to see a funeral train for. The tracks still run to his childhood home and carry passengers. I’ve been on it, and toured his childhood home outside of Plains, GA

[@Voucher765]

Same and I'm shocked they never gave him one especially following the same route FDR's funeral train did in 1945 at the end of WWII

[@KibuFox]

Lived near that area for a while. Sadly, the SAM shortline railroad, doesn't have the capacity to support heavy trains. It's a preserved, light duty, excursion railroad. They no longer haul freight, nor have the capacity to do so. Because of this, the line is 'technically' abandoned, making it not viable for funeral train service.

[@darthmaul216]

Biden is one president I’m going to expect a funeral train for

[@SudrianRepublic]

​@@Voucher765Carter apparently didn't want a funeral train, stating something along the lines of "If you bring my cold dead body back to Georgia by train I will haunt you til the day you die"

[@griffinclary61]

Carter sucked

[@mikepriceup]

I'm a UPRR conductor with 20+ yrs experience and it was 2008 I believe and I had never heard of the UP4141 or had Forgotten it was even a thing, we were called on duty at around 22:00 out of Marysville KS on the ZSEME Seattle to Memphis Intermodel train. My engineer was acting like nothing special was going on that night just taking the Z train to Kansas city. We got in our crew van and headed to the east end of the Marysville ks yard and there it sat, The UP 4141 he said the look on my face was like a kid on Christmas morning as I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Our trip was Quick less than 2 hours to Topeka were there is a huge Rail fan population and as we were coming around the corner at the Sardo bridge remember it's now around 1am in the morning, the night sky became almost day with all the Flashbulbs going off. It's truly a simple trip home I'll never forget.😮

[@Rene-y9d]

Lol

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

I saw 4141 pulling a freight through Mansfield in either 2008 or 9. It's only fitting she'll be preserved at the Bush Presedentisl Library at Texas A&M 😮😅😊😢

[@UNION_PACIFIC_4141]

it's sad to not only see a former president pass, but also see a locomotive sit where it will never be on trains...ever...again.

[@v12productions]

That's really cool!

[@aniwack]

The Carter funeral train was shot down by the state government. 10 years ago Gov Deal wanted to make a big grand event out of the procession and when Carter found out all the details from his staff he promptly expressed his disgust. Hence the toned down ceremony we witnessed.

[@TokyoXZachary]

Damn 😢

[@griffinclary61]

He doesnt deserve it anyway

[@abutts02]

I know Jimmy liked keeping things simple.

[@Monarch683]

@@griffinclary61 He did. Good man, bad president.

[@Jeff-rh8mq]

I'm a Canadian and love trains and history etc but I had never heard of this sort of tradition. It's a very interesting story! Thanks for putting this bit of history together.

[@PrograError]

I think it can only happen when train was as essential to nation building as being abled to eat ice cream and BKs on the frontlines. Just too bad these days the train corridors and its services are gutted since the start of the Interstate. (IIRC many towns to the west of the 13 colonies were essentially railway towns built with the railway being its lifeline and pulse but were slowly gutted by the falling industrial output and the rise of the automobile and the ease of truck shipping)

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

Canada has done funeral trains before

[@v12productions]

Thanks for watching!

[@indridcold8433]

Rest in peace, President Carter. Thank you for all the philanthropy and setting the example for many.

[@JuniorSpaceAce]

C&O baggage car #314 that carried Eisenhower’s casket is preserved at the B&O Museum in Baltimore MD. Another great video. I enjoy all your episodes.

[@keithbrescia9893]

I was one of about 2,000 well wishers at the C&O station in Charlottesville as the train stopped there for a crew change. It was called "the secret train that everyone knew about." The planning had been a military secret, but when national television showed a primarily C&O train departing southbound from Washington's Union Station, I could make an educated guess that it would pass through Charlottesville about three hours later. I learned later that Secret Service agents, along with state and local police, were shadowing the route all the way to Kansas.

[@v12productions]

Really cool you got to experience that!

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Thanks!

[@WMW-2025]

Video Title could’ve been “Rail Force One”. Missed opportunity there. Great video V12. Keep up the good work.

[@GrnArrow092]

UP #4141 was originally built as UP #8423, built in July of 2005. After all was said and done, the locomotive was retired from service and sent to the George HW Bush Memorial Library in which an enclosure is currently being built to house the locomotive on permanent display.

[@ChristopherORourke-s7g]

@@GrnArrow092 UP 4141 EMDsd70ACE IN Air Force 1 color scheme for N scale,HO Scale & the Lionel O scale for model railroading is very popular for model railroaders nationwide.

[@CentralVARails]

R.I.P jimmy carter 1924-2024 you lived a great 100 years

[@povertyspec9651]

@seaboard544 You must not have been alive during his presidency. Just as bad as Biden. Lost to Reagan in a huge landslide since he was so terrible.

[@CentralVARails]

@seaboard544 he was awful you couldn't get gas on certain days

[@t700e]

@CentralVARails The President doesn’t control gas supply or pricing.

[@CentralVARails]

@@t700e what are you on

[@t700e]

@@povertyspec9651 “Uhm, actually 🤓”

[@jovanweismiller7114]

I went to the depot in Topeka, KS to watch Dwight Eisenhower's funeral train go through. My Dad had served under Ike in the ETO so it was important for me since Dad had died almost 20 years before. It was a blustery March night. Hundreds of people had showed up and we were all milling around drinking coffee, smoking, and chatting. However, as the train approached, there was absolute silence. Men removed their hats and came to attention. It was a very moving experience.

[@obliograce3551]

Thank you. An interesting followup would be to go into the importance of campaigning or "stumping" from the backs or trains. I understand this used to be common practice. My mother told me that in her generation when Roosevelt's funeral train passed by, large crowds gathered with hand salutes, hands over hearts, and tears as his train passed by; he was very beloved at that time. I remember when I was a small boy when my father took me to DC on a cold, rainy November day as we watched President Kennedy's caisson come rolling by. It was the only time I saw a tear in my father's eye. My father is long gone but, he was in the same graduating class with Jimmy Carter at the Navel Academy.

[@v12productions]

Thanks for sharing. Campaign trains would be a great topic.

[@Brickticks]

In honor of Jimmy Carter, and your excellent and respectful coverage of Presidential Funeral Trains, you sir, just earned a subscription.

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Thanks!

[@thud9797]

I remember watching the Bobby Kennedy funeral train as a young tike, still think about that.

[@nielspemberton59]

I do too !

[@ChristopherORourke-s7g]

@thud9797 the Penn Central GG1 electric locomotive number 49001 that was pulling the Robert F.Kennedy SR funeral train is in Frisco, TX JUST NORTH OF DALLAS IS ON DISPLAY.

[@flamingfrancis]

Was thinking the same. It was so popular that it was telecast here in Australia

[@flamingfrancis]

Intresting compilation, thank you. Funeral trains with mortuary stations and train lines became popular in the mid 1800's as central city areas had limited space for cemetaries. London had one from Waterloo station to suburban Brookwood. Sydney (Australia) has a magnificent station adjacent to Sydney Central that has been well maintained. Trains used to convey the dead to Rookwood in western suburbs where there was also a lovely achitectural structure. The latter was removed and became a church in the National Capital, Canberra

[@wideslammer]

This was a timely story. Thanks for sharing it with us. I'm already part of the "V12 Productions" family, but I hope you reach the 100,000 subscriber goal soon.

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Thanks! We'll get there soon.

[@TARFoamerofTX1845]

My Uncle managed to catch the UP4141 Unit and what he told me was that all the A&M Students paid their respects for George H.W Bush. R.I.P the 41st President 🫡🇺🇸

[@dianahowell3423]

This was lovely, thank you so much.

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@zachzebra56]

I had no idea these kind of trains existed. RIP former president Jimmy Carter. 1924-2024. 100 years old.

[@Nathanm7977]

Rest in Peace President Carter. You are a true inspiration for everyone. Georgia is and will always be proud of you and showing how to help everyone. May God and Rosalynn welcome you home.

[@schrap72]

I've never realized such a thing existed! Thank you for this!

[@opiumextract2934]

The George Bush funeral train left from the terminal i work out of (actually the auto facility that we service/own) The conductor and engineer were chosen because they are previous military and navy vets.

[@ArkansasTrainz]

Great Video once again

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[@randydobson1863]

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[@AlanMullen-w1f]

Good 👍 show 🙋 thanks

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

The show must goes on.

[@JessicaKasumi1990]

We have one more preserved Presidential Locomotive, my friend. Pennsylvania Railroad class K4s 3750. Built at home at the Pennsy's own Juniata Shops in 1920. She pulled President William Harding's campaign train and later funeral train. Retired in 1956, she was briefly displayed as prototype 1737 which was supposed to be displayed but was in poor condition. Eventually, she was given her number back and is now displayed in Strasburg at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, and is a mate to the 1361 which is being restored to operating condition in the heart of the PRR: Altoona, Pennsylvania. 1361 and 3750 are the Official Steam Locomotives for the State of Pennsylvania.

[@Voucher765]

Yup the Pennsylvania Railroad did an amazing job saving their steamers and the 3750 is the only steam locomotive 🚂 that pulled a funeral train that survives today

[@S4b_3r]

@@Voucher765 Southern Railroad's 1401 is another surviving locomotive that hauled a presidential funeral train (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

[@eafd270]

Hardings train was pulled at one point by PRR 3750 (K4S 4-6-2) which it’s preserved in Strasburg

[@ChristopherORourke-s7g]

Herbert Hoover had a funeral train that took his casket from New York City to Washington,DC Where laid in state at the Capital rotunda in October,1964.

[@truckinpoppop6777]

Thanks for the history lesson. Very informative 👍🏼

[@unklebobosaurus]

Subbed, best of luck to you :) I grew up beside a CPR [CPKC now] yard, those trains would shake the whole neighborhood

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[@efox2001]

Nicely done video. I thought that it started a little slow but you pulled me back in and it was over before I knew it. First time viewer.

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[@kens.3729]

Thanks Charlie! 🤔👍🙏

[@annemarieelizabethrosevolo4366]

Thank-you for this excellent train 🚂🚂🚂🚂 🚆🚆🚆🚆 history presentation.

[@thomasmackowiak]

Thank you for this fascinating video on Presidential Funeral Trains. You did a wonderful job of researching and presenting the material that you found on this subject. (Posted on 9 January 2025 at6 2341 CST.)

[@v12productions]

Thank you!

[@tfs4499]

Great video!

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[@Willysmb44]

It's a shame you never mentioned that Southern 1401, the last surviving PS4 4-6-2 in the Smithsonian, pulled FDRs funeral train

[@georgepins9387]

You mentioned the Marco Polo, which came out of the Pullman private car pool, but you omitted the more famous car from that pool that was used by FDR, the Ferdinand Magellen, which was armor plated for the president, used by him extensively, and also exists to this day.

[@T.h.e__T.r.u.t.h]

Every second of this video had such a beautiful deep resonanting timeless image tyvm 4 this upload new subcriber bell on because I love trains

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[@jeffersonrundell7540]

This is a very good video. Thank you.

[@v12productions]

Thanks for watching!

[@barbararoberto1258]

A wonderful story, of american history. Rest in peace Mr Carter. 🙏

[@FloydMcpuffle]

I saw President Bush 41 when he was on the train back in the 90s, he stood on the back and waved to us as he passed thru the backwoods on the way to Cornelia.

[@richardjulien8745]

thank you Charlie for that piece of history.from Richard.

[@v12productions]

Thanks for watching!

[@UNION_PACIFIC_4141]

i'm glad someone did a locomotive i like, plus it's the main locomotive on my channel

[@retroguy9494]

An interesting note about FDR's funeral train when it went from DC to Hyde park for the burial is that it carried most of the government. President Harry Truman was on it along with most of the Supreme Court, cabinet members and many senators and congressmen. Such a thing would NEVER be allowed today. Also, I thought FDR's presidential pullman rail car was called the 'Ferdinand Magellan' and it's at a rail museum in Florida where it can be toured by the public. Truman used it as well. Because of World War II it was very heavily armored and even contained and escape hatch. I read that it was so heavy because of the armor, railroad engineers hated to have to pull it behind their trains as it created problems. I wonder where the 'Marco Polo' came in to play?

[@v12productions]

Interesting info there. Yeah, FDR used the Marco Polo before the Magallan.

[@tylertheanimator]

As a railfan my prayers go to Jimmy Carter's family and friends and I have been looking forward to getting the Lionel O Scale version of the George H.W. Bush locomotive.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

If Johnny Cash had included Lincoln like that other song did, he might say: Goodbye, Abe...long black train come to take you home..."

[@49shinn]

Great video you got my sub today!

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[@toastrave7820]

As a non-american who's a railway nerd this video is very interesting

[@ravenlily7578]

At the Underground Railroad site I work at we have one of the wreaths from Lincoln’s train

[@chrisdarailfan2]

If Carter had a funeral train, I don’t necessarily think it would be pulled by NS Diesels but will be hauled by N&W 611. But in this day there would be flaws considering 611 working that excursion wouldn’t be good for the environment and the entire 2024 without anything going on with 611. It would be cool to see 611 pulling that but NS Diesels are gonna have to haul it and besides it wouldn’t even happen in the first place considering what Carter said

[@danielsobota9650]

The official designation should be train #1. rest in peace president Carter.

[@Ghfvhvfg]

Maybe i twould wizland has a goverment railcar after all

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Very interesting. Rest in peace President Carter.

[@annemarieelizabethrosevolo4366]

RIP/MEMORY ETERNAL President Mr. James (Jimmy ) Carter, 1924-2024.

[@nancy8521]

Rip in peace jimmy carter

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Rest In Peace R.I.P.

[@googguy59]

Glade he got to 100 Good on you Jimmy And R.I.P

[@CaribouDataScience]

My mom remembered see FDR funeral train.

[@Voucher765]

Rest in peace Jimmy, You are a true American hero and a humanitarian respect

[@user-vh1uc6in7b]

R.I.P Jimmy Carter 1924 - 2024 🙏🏽🕊️🇺🇸🙌🏽😢😭

[@epacm50]

I believe they had one from the ATSF/Santa Fe railway as well.

[@kellyfairbanks5330]

I've got a question at 1:14 when they are doing a gun salute what are they aiming at?

[@frzstat]

drones

[@dw17881967]

I believe they are using blanks. I’m not positive but remember hearing that.

[@JoinMyAdventures_YT]

My family lives right near where this unit is located, R.I.P Jimmy Carter

[@jacobdubielak]

Great video

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@mastertrolley669]

Rail force one?

[@frankym274]

Sad Day Of Jimmy Carter 🙏🙏🙏I Remember This UP 4141 George H W Bush 41 Of President George Bush

[@billygames9161]

I might be weird, but if I had a presidential funeral train, I’d have it be pulled by the Strasburg Railroad B.E.D.T number 15 / American Thomas the Tank Engine.

[@Robertmitchell2121]

Nice video This reminds me of Jimmy Carter He was an great man

[@stuartandrews4344]

Superb video.

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@DGoldy303]

A presidential history + train video? Wow!

[@ZombieTide]

Thank you for making this video! I hope one day we will see another Presidential Funeral Train. Seeing GHWB's Funeral Train televised was truly something special for me during my time.

[@blakebodaciousFTW]

the pause every 4 seconds of you talking i cant unhear it.

[@chickhenkein_FAK...]

wow! that must be a once in a lifetime sight!

[@DebbieSuttle]

Now that is totally awesome right here 😊 wow

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Thanks!

[@patrickmonks9761]

A lonesome train On a lonesome track, Seven coaches painted black. Allow train, a quiet train, Carrying Lincoln home again. Millard Lampell

[@IronHorseReviews]

Good video! =)

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Thanks!

[@kevinhoward9593]

I love the 4141 so beautiful. enteric fever ever Typhoid fever are the same things. just saying. funny thing is Eisenhower's body was carried on the railroad. The passenger railroad business he killed with the highway act.

[@pruittiii]

Mrs. Eisenhower, due to an inner ear condition, could not fly. Hence, his remains were transported by train. Originally, the baggage car carrying his remains was not marked. Mid-route, at Mrs. Eisenhower's request, the car was draped with black bunting so observers would know which car contained his remains. President Roosevelt's train was stored in Atlanta while he was in Warm Springs. The engine had to be put on the rear of the train at a wye north of Warm Springs and the train was backed into the station. Original plans were to "shotgun" the train from Warm Springs to Washington. Mrs. Roosevelt requested it move at a slower pace. Southern Railways agreed when it became apparent how many people were lining the tracks. Multiple engines were used; it was easier (and more dignified) to switch engines than to stop at coal and water towers. The Pullman "Connault" was used to carry FDR's remains. Due to the armored construction of the presidential rail car, his casket would not fit through the doors.

[@GardenData61371]

Rail Force One

[@jmream2618]

is the lead locomotive powered

[@Tcrim354]

The FDR Funeral Car sat in Plum Branch, South Carolina for years. Do you have any idea what happened to it?

[@jamesborden4805]

RAIL,RAIL,RAIL!!!! This is NOT a plane!

[@overly7997]

while he wasn't a president, RFK's funeral train is pretty close and well documented

[@Screewup69]

Rail force one

[@rashidsamah155]

It's really cool that Union Pacific decide to make one of their locomotives to paint in Air Force 1 livery for George HW Bush

[@strasburgbulfinch]

Thoughts and Prayers go out to family

[@TenDegrees]

I watched GHWB’s UP4141 trackside in Tomball, TX on its way to College Station. Very cool experience. Beautiful loco too!

[@HM2SGT]

I'm a little surprised they don't have a steam locomotive burning liquid propane or liquid natural gas. Very clean and eco-friendly, very stylish and elegant and suited to the mission

[@amtrakproductions-mx9ib]

9:18 NORFOLK SOUTHERN!?!?????! That train would have derailed! 💀

[@eafd270]

Foamer

[@HobbiesOfAASP]

Air force one? I think not. That is the rail force one 😢

[@geoffrey5665]

R.I.P, President Carter.

[@cleanpowerelectric]

“Rail Force One”

[@jerryabrams7660]

What about the train from NYC to Washington for JFK?

[@haroldcampos9661]

Air horn one?

[@XDFRailRoadCooler]

OOOOH so they like riding the 'Stiffs Express'.

[@the_Texas_Bandit]

Was there when they unloaded GHWB and made it home to catch local coverage of the run on television.

[@Kirkpatrick82]

you at 95k sub

[@JohnKJV3-16]

A train can't be called Air Force One. It could be called Rail One.

[@bryceword1768]

Excellent video.

[@v12productions]

Thanks!

[@OnlyTheEd]

Nixon, Reagan and Ford never had a final train ride? Wow.

[@chooch1995]

No, but Dutch Reagan’s casket was flown back to California on Air Force One which descended, slowed & dipped its wings as it flew over his boyhood home of Dixon & birthplace of Tampico, Illinois. Pretty cool.

[@yolandahamilton6927]

Oh my gosh 😢

[@IndigenousAmericanTrucker]

My thing is, they can't give them a better-looking locomotive? The paint scheme is ugly, especially since the locomotive isn't Air Force One! I believe that a classy metallic black locomotive, preferably an older classic model, should be the style used to haul dead presidents! Or, even a newer style! However, that's my opinion! Hell, if you asked me, I'd say that Air Force One and Marine One should also be a metallic black, with either silver or gold accents to compliment it! I mean, everything else for the president is black, including the Cadillac One limo and the motorcade, as well as the Ground Force One bus! The only thing they're missing is a black presidential yacht, as well as a dedicated presidential train, which should also be black. I believe they had one at one point, except it wasn't black. It was back in the day. They discontinued it for whatever reason. Nonetheless, my point is, that the president should have a dedicated form of each mode of transportation! They'd all serve a purpose, I'm sure!

[@robertspeer5513]

It's not a 21 gun salute. It's called a 3 volley salute

[@dennispersson9466]

Yes, you SHOULD call it : "Railroad - 1"! If it was a ship, it Should be called "Ship - 1", or "Ship-of-State - One"! (Could you, in your most Drunken Moment, call a Horse-Drawn Hearse, "Air Force 1" ?)?