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Re: (erielack) Ghost Train-Pic
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Library of Congress photograph Here is a picture of the Lincoln Funeral Train
The locomotive Nashville of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad pulled the Lincoln funeral train for part of the 1,666-mile distance from Washington to Springfield, Illinois. It was bedecked with bunting, special black fringed presidential flags and a portrait of Lincoln.
----- Original Message -----
From: WellerK_@_aol.com
To: Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com ; rslate@frontiernet.net
Cc: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net ; erielack-owner@lists.railfan.net
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Ghost Train
Um, I may have been entirely wrong about my previous comments about the route of the Lincoln Funeral Train. I previously doubted that the train travelled on the Erie at all, in that it would be a rather unusual way to get to Indianapolis, etc. Then, just yesterday, I was browsing at our local library, and came across some sort of history magazine (can't recall the title, and didn't make a copy) that had the Route - which apparently was very circuitous, and did go here & there (including I believe NY city, Philly, Albany, Indianapolis, etc, etc).
SOooooo, the Lincoln train may have indeed been on part of the Erie!
K A Weller, who does occasionally make mistakes . . . . . . .
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