150 Years Ago Today...

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:51 am

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, went to an evening play at Ford's Theatre...

"Now he belongs to the ages."

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:12 am

103 years ago tonight, 11:40PM, the newest ocean liner in the trans-Atlantic service brushed an iceberg, 800 miles south of Newfoundland.

rock island lines · **Joined:** Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:20 pm **Posts:** 487

Today I am in Springfield, IL, and paying a visit to Lincoln home and the "Great Western Ry" depot where he left to Washington for his inauguration.

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

Any word as to whether the Leviathan and the Lincoln Funeral Car are going to be part of any of the upcoming ceremonies at Springfield? Perhaps the Funeral Car isn't ready yet, although I understand it was close to being finished.

Les

Scranton Yard · **Joined:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:08 am **Posts:** 731

It appears it will be ready to roll on or about May2 in the link below:

http://www.the2015lincolnfuneraltrain.com

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:42 pm

"Mr. President, the play got very bad reviews! Are you SURE??"

Has anyone ever performed the play since the last words Lincoln heard were "you sockdologizing old mantrap"?

EDM · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:11 pm

I watched the video linked a few posts above. Mr. Kloke has done wonders with that car, but I have to question (yet again) the research done by the media. There is a mention and image of an "original lamp, ready to be hung again". But should it really be stamped 'SNCF'?

CO 2666 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:56 pm

The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ ... story.html

/Andrew

Ron Goldfeder · **Posted:** Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:07 am

This could be a public relations disaster for the group, a family story that turns out to be a fable. A "Lincoln" lamp that turns out to be from the French National Railway. I've passed the image and info about the lantern to my two contacts in the group and would urge anyone who has any such contacts to do the same until they see the light, so to speak. The SNCF itself was only formed in 1938, consolidating and nationalizing the older private railways in France. This could easily be a lamp from one of those lines with a later repair on top, with the SNCF marking. The marking is not visible on the image used on the group's web site, just the whole lamp.

Steve DeGaetano · **Joined:** Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:06 pm **Posts:** 174

Jeff Lisowski wrote:

Les Beckman wrote:

Perhaps the Funeral Car isn't ready yet, although I understand it was close to being finished.

I thought it wasn't finished yet, but I guess I missed something;

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/artifacts ... ssination/

Please tell me the anchor at the beginning of the story didn't just say Lee surrendered at "Appotamaddox?"

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

Steve DeGaetano wrote:

Jeff Lisowski wrote:

Les Beckman wrote:

Perhaps the Funeral Car isn't ready yet, although I understand it was close to being finished.

I thought it wasn't finished yet, but I guess I missed something;

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/artifacts ... ssination/

Please tell me the anchor at the beginning of the story didn't just say Lee surrendered at "Appotamaddox?"

Steve -

Unfortunately, you heard it correctly. Another member of this same news group (male) had a story about Amtrak a while ago in which he pronounced Kankakee as "can-CACK-ee" although the correspondent on the Amtrak train a few seconds later advised as to the correct "kank-ah-kee" pronunciation.

Les

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

The funeral train is getting public attention as some baseball announcers were chatting about it.