Lincoln Funeral Train Shipping Now

congrats!

looking forward to the pictures and videos.

Frank,

Hope you post pictures when it arrives!

If I hadn't already ordered a 3rd Rail T-3, I definately would have ordered the funeral train.

Jim

I just got notification from UPS that mine will be shipped

scanned at Harrisburg, PA

I don't want to buy any train called a funeral train it might give my wife ideas.
Scott Smith

Scott, I think its to late

Mike, mine was scanned at Harrisburg around the same time you posted. I hope to see mine on the porch when I get home tomorrow.

7 AM, scanned at Taylor PA, which means it is on the truck. Tonight will be very special

Is this a Legacy locomotive or just a TMCC locomotive ?

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Originally posted by Bill Terry:
Is this a Legacy locomotive or just a TMCC locomotive ?

Bill ... I believe its conventional..

It is conventional with a manual switch forward-reverse similar to the other Heritage series engines.

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A slight glimpse of the characters inside the cars. The only flaw I noticed was a corner molding that broke off. Two light dabs of glue weren't enough to hold it on. I will have to get that back on. The black crepe on the cars is plastic, whereas it is a satiny cloth on the locomotive..........

Could you elaborate on the broken corner molding? It's hard to tell from pictures posted so far what part this might be. Thanks.

Overall, looks like a nice set though so far....

-Dave

Here is a picture of the corner of the car with the black trim piece fallen off. Same as on mine- looks like two small glue spots. Seems it will be easy to reglue. Given the amount of applied detail parts on the loco and cars, a minor issue.

Thanks. Now that I see what to look for I noticed it in the earlier pics of Doug's and Tim's.

-Dave

That is a beautiful train. The colors are stunning. No weathering please!

Mike W., I took a good look at the cars yesterday, and they are indeed plastic. After looking at the boxes for descriptions, it only mentioned brass and metal for the locomotive. The two add-on cars have identical interiors, and we can only guess which character is supposed to be Mrs. Lincoln, or son Robert. The United States has dividers and the caskets are in separate rooms. Mr. Lincoln's is draped in the flag.
None of the coaches are illuminated. This is not a complaint, but just a statement. I noticed a screw fell off the United States on one of the trucks,and there is another missing. So far that would be the only "flaw" the train runs very well!
I hope every owner likes his or her copy.

Mrs. Lincoln never rode the train, she remained in Washington DC

Where do you put the "D" batteries in that thing?

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Originally posted by Tim O'Malley:
... The United States has dividers and the caskets are in separate rooms. Mr. Lincoln's is draped in the flag.
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What casketS? I was not aware there was any other than President Lincoln's casket aboard the train. Would someone, kindly, educate me about this?
Frank

Lincoln's sons body was exhumed and sent with Lincoln to be buried in the family plot.

Thank you, both, very much.
Frank

finally a video. not mine. that kerosene headlamp looks great coming out of the tunnel.

Fragility alert!
Be careful with handling the coaches. I already broke off two of the silver tassels which are above the window line. I found one. The other can't be too far.

Really GREAT photos !! Good Job !!

The train is beautiful but I just hate Green and Red together on something like that...it just is to much of Christmas Colors and I was never a fan of that color mix for trains. Was Lincolns engine really green and red?

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Was Lincolns engine really green and red?

Lincoln didn't have an engine but the Cleveland, Columbus, & Cincinnati RR steamer which was used for part of the trip was green & red.

Here is another video with some close ups and some still pictures at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...7XE&feature=youtu.be

Mine arrived and is stunning. Yes the passenger cars are very delicate. The only fall on the gem of an engine are the steps were bent on the cab. I assumed they were brass and they bent back fine without a stress crack forming.

Received mine yesterday, and I find the detail on the locomotive to be just stunning. I heard about the train here when it was being planned, and I wanted to thank whoever it was who first posted about it.

I bought the two-car add-on set, and after looking up the train on the net and finding out that there were nine cars on the original train, while I'm not going to buy three more sets, I did buy ONE more.

The car that caried the remains of the Lincolns was the 2nd to last car in the train.

The PB&W RR Directors car was the last car on the train. As the train was transferred to each consecutive railroad on the route, that railroad changed engines and coaches (sometimes sleeping cars) with its own. As I mentioned before, the Presidential Car "United States" and the Director's car were the only two cars that made the entire journey. Lionel's model has the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati RR locomotive "Nashville" and pulled the train between Cleveland and Columbus.

I've never seen an engine that can run @ 0 volts!  Seriously, my RW starts @ 9v, and the train goes ~40 mph!  I hesitate to try 15 or so!