Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Lee.

[AussieMick]

Forrest ?

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Forrest.

I cannot think of any more clues that wouldn't just give it away. The name of the engine was "W Booth," and the railroad was ordered to take it out of service. But then it was discovered that the railroad had purchased the engine prior to the Civil War, and that it was named for a sheriff in Mississippi who had that particular name. In other words, it had nothing to do with John Wilkes Booth. When this information was discovered, the order to take the engine out of service was lifted.

SOURCE: E. Lawrence Abel's article in a past edition of the Surratt Courier.

[AussieMick]

Roger, sometimes we tiptoe around the obvious guess. I suggest that at least 90% of us who read the question thought, "no, too obvious."
Occam's Razor sort of thing.