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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The tradition, however, was largely altered back in 1865 during the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln. “It was the first time that the President's body was moved by train," Michael Shymanski ...