Holy Week Special - The Chapel Cars of America: Episode 125

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Today on the show, we're talking about one of the strangest artefacts of America's railway age: the chapel car. How and why were these churches on the rails built, and are they still around today? All this, after The News.

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References & notes

  1. [1] Mass Transit: Sound Transit begins passenger service on Line 2 Crosslake Connection
  2. [2] Wikipedia: Railroad chapel car
  3. [3] Chapel Cars of America
  4. [4] JSTOR Daily: Railroad Chapel Cars Brought God to the People
  5. [5] Pullman History Site: The Pullman Company - Chapel Cars
  6. [6] This Train Is Bound For Glory - Chapter Two
  7. [7] Heroes, Heroines, and History: Chapel Cars
  8. [8] Accidentally Wes Anderson: Chapel Car "Grace"
  9. [9] Orthodox History: Churches on wheels: then and now
  10. [10] Catholic Stand: A Catholic Holy Roller: The Story of the St. Anthony Chapel Car
  11. [11] Fargo History: Gethsemane Cathedral