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Close-up Photo - - "Time Card" Great Western Railroad
Photographer: Al Wolf
Taken: October 28, 2009
Caption: Close-up Photo - - "Time Card" Great Western Railroad
Additional Description: This "Time Card" was for the "President-Elect Special Train" that carried Abraham Lincoln from Springfield, Illinois to "State Line City", Indiana. The entire trip to Washington, D. C. for his Inauguration as President of the United States in 1861 involved: 1,904 miles, 18 railroad companies, and used at least 24 steam locomotives.
Submitted: October 31, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p83010
File Size: 0.387 Megabytes

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