Lincoln's Funeral Train and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

On Sunday, we decided to go the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore. 

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 150 years ago on April 14, 1865 and the B&O Railroad Museum created a re-enactment of the public visitation and transport of Lincoln's body from Baltimore to Springfield, Illinois with an exact replica of Lincoln's coffin, period music, and military and civilian re-enactors.  A Civil War locomotive decorated as Lincoln's funeral train and special exhibits about Lincoln's funeral train were on display.

The B&O Muesum is unique in having the largest collection of the earliest railroad engines and cars in the country.  It was another fun and educational day.

www.borail.org/Civil-War.aspx