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 Posted - May 11 2015 : 6:04:44 PM
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Found this neat site that documents the rebuilding of the Lincoln Funeral train. There was no
remaining locos or cars, so this man is building a new one from the original blueprints.
http://www.the2015lincolnfuneraltrain.com/funeral-train.asp
Thought ya'll might be interested. Enjoy.
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Posted - May 11 2015 : 6:20:01 PM
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 Thats pretty dang cool. I hope he's able to go through with this because that would be awesome to have another steamer built.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 11 2015 : 6:50:17 PM
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For our Ohio TF members, I notice that the train (engine and car, both) will be in Ashland, OH on May 18-19 of this year.
https://www.ashland200.com/v/documentlinks/the_lincoln_funeral_train.pdf
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Posted - May 11 2015 : 7:37:19 PM
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theres a article about that in Trains June 2015
Will look for the car at train show Saturday
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Posted - May 11 2015 : 8:29:45 PM
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Once in a lifetime chance here. I found a picture showing the construct of the Lincoln Funeral
train as it was in 1865. Will post a photo of it here.
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Posted - May 12 2015 : 08:10:40 AM
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quote:Once in a lifetime chance here. I found a picture showing the construct of the Lincoln Funeral
train as it was in 1865. Will post a photo of it here.
Originally posted by oldtimer52Â -Â May 11 2015Â :Â 8:29:45 PM
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Is this the configuration of the train that left the ERIE train terminal with PRR power ? To bad you didn't post a link to this page of info, so as to possiably get a large copy, one that can be read.
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Posted - May 12 2015 : 08:31:00 AM
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I came across this a while ago. It's in the Internet Archive, so I assume it's public domain. It's excerpts of articles on the Funeral Train and an article by Wayne Wesolowski on building a model. You can pick what format you want to download.
https://archive.org/details/assassinatiofunlinc
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Posted - May 12 2015 : 10:28:10 AM
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Ok Tops. Went back and found the web page for the photo. It is an exerp from a book
on the Lincoln Funeral train.
http://www.lincolnfuneraltrain.com/html/funeral_train.html
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Posted - May 12 2015 : 11:38:39 AM
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well according to a Haunted Train book I has
The funeral train's ghost can be seen on the route to Springfield o.o
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Posted - May 13 2015 : 8:14:19 PM
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Trains Magazine has a video of the the Leviathan, the first locomotive he built.
http://trn.trains.com/videos/photos-videos/2015/04/leviathan-in-steam
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