Union Pacific has marked Presidents Day by announcing plans for a locomotive to honor the nation’s 16th president, Abraham ...

In Philadelphia, about a mile from the funeral route, Abdoulaye Ndiaye—whose family emigrated from Senegal—plays football for the Abraham Lincoln High School Rail Splitters. Some 200 American ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

An Abraham Lincoln historian who’s working on a documentary about the Great Emancipator’s Funeral Train will give a talk to ...

funeral and the execution of the plot’s conspirators. (Images from left to right: A portrait of Abraham Lincoln; (Top-right) Abraham Lincoln’s great-grandchildren, Mary Lincoln Beckwith and ...

The paint scheme of locomotive No. 1616 will feature “the unique colors of Lincoln’s era,” UP (NYSE: UNP) said in a press release. It also honors steam locomotive No. 119, one of the two engines ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical ... Illinois. The funeral train stopped in many cities along the way, where memorials were attended ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

Union Pacific Railroad is celebrating Presidents Day with the unveiling of its newest commemorative locomotive honoring ...