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LINCOLN FUNERAL CAR

CHICAGO NW RAIL CAR #1

Mission Statement

Become active in preserving railroad history to
engage and educate generations to come!

To educate the public concerning the life of Abraham Lincoln and his influence on american railroad development through the time of his death and return to Springfield, Illinois, by constructing and operating historically accurate operating equipment representative of that era.

*Thank you Bob Hunter for your generous donation of $10,000!

*We also recognize your efforts, Bob, as engineer on the Northwestern rail car as well as the Lincoln car.

*A special thanks to Chris Dewit, our engineer on wheel sets.

*Thank you K.E. O'Connell for your $10 donation to the funeral car.

*Thank you Battista Entertainment Group for your $100 donation to the funeral car.

*Thank you James L. Traub for your $100 donation to the funeral car.

*Thank you John Alexander Braidwood for your $25 donation to the funeral car.

*Thank you Martin and Meghan McGuan for your $40 donation to the funeral car.

*Thank you Evelyn Lorence for your $100 donation to the funeral car.

*Many thanks to Steve Butler for his donation of our Wheel Sets.

*Many thanks to Bob Hunter, our engineer, for all his hard work and dedication.

*Also thanks to Wayne Wesolowski, our tech advisor, who has created a scale model of the Lincoln Funeral Car.

GOAL:
Total completion by the 150th Anniversary anticipated in 2014.

TIDBITS:
It took 14 days for the Lincoln Funeral Car to travel from Washington to Springfield in 1865.

The journey retraced the path of Lincoln's original inaugural trip.

Abraham Lincoln's son Willie, whose coffin was exhumed, was also transported home.