2015 Lincoln Funeral Train

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The "United States", the car used to transport the body of Abraham Lincoln, was caught in a fire near Edina, Minnesota on March 19, 1911. Go here to see photos of the car's demise. http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln51.html scroll to the bottom of the page. No other equipment survived. Construction is about to start on the full-sized reproduction of that car to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination in 2015, when plans are to retrace the funeral train's original route.