Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive #331 arrives at Philadelphia with the Lincoln Special on April 22, 1865.
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331 was a class D1 (new, A) type of 4-4-0 "American Standard" steam locomotive that was built by the Baldwin locomotive works in March 1865, for the Pennsylvania Railroad, where it had been tasked to handle freight and passenger service.
During the Civil War the engine was also assigned to carry union troops and supplies.
On April 14, 1865, it hauled Abraham Lincoln's funeral train from Washington to Baltimore and on to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
However the Pennsylvania Railroad Engine No. 331 wasn't really the locomotive pulling the railcars through York County, for no existing records can confirm that. Engine No. 331 pulled the railcars from Harrisburg to Philadelphia where Lincoln’s body laid in state in Independence Hall from April 22 to 24.
It was scrapped shortly after.
Trivia[]
- The 331 was the first locomotive to pull the Lincoln funeral train.
- The Baldwin locomotive works also made sister engine #332.
- In 2009, a replica of Central Pacific No.63 'Leviathan' was constructed. During 2018-2020, it was repainted and relettered to PRR 331.