Come out & see the full size, 1’ = 12” replica of this famous steam engine & funeral car that was built from blueprints obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The funeral car has many original artifact from the original car.
The Painesville Railroad Museum is located at 475 Railroad Street, Painesville, Ohio 44077. For the latest up to date information, please check www.painesvillerailroadmuseum.org
Take a step back in time and relive history with a tour of a full size replica of the Lincoln Funeral Train. See the Steam Engine and Tender that powered this famous train and actually Tour the Funeral Car.
This is an exact replica of the train that transported Abraham Lincoln from Washington D.C. to Springfield, Illinois to his final resting place. The funeral car will be open for tours.
The “2015 Lincoln Funeral Train Tour” wishes to replicate the original route of the Lincoln funeral train. But, at this time, this is the farthest East it will be going.
The first Painesville Depot was built in 1851 and was replaced with the current sand stone depot in 1892 and opened in 1893 for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway.
On February 16th, 1861 elected President Abraham Lincoln, on the way to his inauguration, stopped at the Painesville Station and spoke in front of a crowd of several thousand people that assembled there. The locomotive, “William Case”, drew the train which bore Lincoln to his inauguration. Then on April 28th, 1865, “The remains of that late President Lincoln left Washington Friday morning… They will arrive at Buffalo this (Thursday) morning and at Cleveland Friday morning”. The mortal remains of Abraham Lincoln borne by cortege train from Erie to Cleveland with the “William Case” locomotive heading the funeral. This locomotive was later remodeled as the “188”.
John King, aka “Abraham Lincoln”, who gave a seminar on “Abraham Lincoln the Surveyor– Log Cabin to White House” last year in Ashtabula, will be making a guest appearance along with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln both Saturday & Sunday.
Admission Donation: $5.00 Adults (over 13 years old), $10.00 Family maximum (Mother, Father, children under 13).
