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RJNorton · 05-02-2013, 06:20 AM

That's an excellent initial estimate, Joe. You are pretty close, but that's not it.

Eva Elisabeth · 05-02-2013, 07:02 AM

If you are thinking of the whole train (9 cars+gaps in between) it should have been much longer, I'd guess 150 feet.

RJNorton · 05-02-2013, 07:27 AM

Hi Eva. I am not sure about the length of the entire train, but I have a little book that has the length of the car that carried the president's remains.

Eva Elisabeth · 05-02-2013, 07:46 AM

Then my final guess will be less than 40 feet, maybe 30 feet.

RJNorton · 05-02-2013, 08:05 AM

Joe was closer.

RJNorton · 05-02-2013, 09:31 AM

Hint #1: It was less than 50 feet.

Eva Elisabeth · 05-02-2013, 10:01 AM

My very last guess of the remaining 9 options (unless you're not asking for decimal places): 45 feet.

Laurie Verge · 05-02-2013, 10:08 AM

OK, I'll take a stab at the middle ----35 feet?

RJNorton · 05-02-2013, 10:09 AM

Close enough, Eva. It was 48 feet according to page 6 of Mr. Lincoln's Railroad Car by H. Robert Slusser. This is a wonderful publication and contains photos of the car and its furnishings that are difficult to find in any other source.

RJNorton · 05-04-2013, 04:45 AM

What is this?

Hint #1: It has to do with Robert Lincoln.

Eva Elisabeth · 05-04-2013, 06:41 AM

Philip Exeter Academy in NH?

RJNorton · 05-04-2013, 07:24 AM

Kudos, Eva. That is correct. Robert Lincoln attended Phillips Exeter Academy in 1859 after he failed the Harvard entrance exams.

Eva Elisabeth · 05-04-2013, 08:13 AM

This time I was sure to be wrong because of the bike...

RJNorton · 05-04-2013, 08:29 AM

The sketch is from 1892.

Eva Elisabeth · 05-06-2013, 06:47 AM

Who said about Abraham Lincoln that he "resembles Louis XVI more than any other ruler in history"?