Lincoln's Funeral Train Plot-Foiled

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I'm Not aware of such a plot. There was plenty of trackside security en route in the form of boots on the ground and all places such as bridges, tunnels and close-by structures were inspected and secured from access prior to the train's passage. Some routes along the funeral train's path were avoided just to minimize temptation of a plot to get the train. Trackside witnesses were gathering at trackside as much as 18 hours in advance of the train's passage and it would have difficult to have gone up the track to plant a "bomb" without being seen.
If someone can provide some evidence of this plot, I would be interested in reviewing it. There are many, many legends floating around about the train, most have no basis. I have piles of "legends" that the train made an overnight stop at some remote town 50 miles or more off the actual route, or that many locals were suddenly put on the train out in the middle of no where and allowed to ride all night, again, local legend. I have also run across more likely legends with the inaugural train.

Scott Trostel