The Nashville in April 1865, the CC&C locomotive which pulled the Lincoln funeral train part of the way through Ohio.
The Nashville is a type of 4-4-0 "American Standard" steam locomotive built by the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company in August 1851, and was a stalwart on the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad.
This special locomotive was built for freight and passenger service on the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad.
The locomotive was also built for the U.S. Civil War to carry troops and supplies.
On April 29, 1865, the locomotive pulled Abraham Lincoln's funeral train from Cleveland to Columbus as part of the way through Ohio.
After when The Nashville left the funeral train and it switches with another locomotive it continue working on the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad. It's subsequent fate is unknown.
Trivia[]
- This was just one of many locomotives used by various railroad to pull the Lincoln funeral train.
- On the Smokebox front of the engine it has an Eagle on it.
- Of the approximately 20 different locomotives that would carry the father and son home over 1600 miles of track, The Nashville, which pulled the funeral consist over the CC&C’s rails in Ohio, would become the most famous.
- Lionel trains produced a model of the locomotive with the Lincoln funeral car in 2013. Along with 2-Pack separated Passenger Cars that goes with the set.
- The locomotive Nashville of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad pulled the Lincoln funeral train for part of the 1,666-mile distance from Washington to Springfield, Illinois. It was bedecked with bunting, special black fringed presidential flags and a portrait of Lincoln.
- The Nashville departed for Columbus just after midnight on April 29 and it arrived in Columbus at 7:30 AM.
- Unusually, the whistle is placed atop the bell.