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Re: (erielack) Fw: The Ghost Train
- Subject: Re: (erielack) Fw: The Ghost Train
- From: "Walter Smith" <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:04:43 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.20050330224123.006c94f4_@_mail.copper.net>
I don't know about the Lincoln funeral train going thru Binghamton, but I DO
believe one of my engineers - Leroy Utter - was fireman on the job at that
time. I was firing for Utter in '63 (1963 that is) I told him I was dating
an exchange student from France and old Utter mentioned that he'd been to
France during the 'war'. I assumend he meant 1944 or 45, but when he
mentioned the Red Cross giving him 'Sweet Caporal ' cigarettes, I realized
he meant Woodrow Wilsons war to make the world safe for democracy. Along
those lines, we had a RFE at Tri-Rail who was a former EL man from Norwich
and I think he was the flagman on the Lincoln Funeral train........he still
works for Tri-Rail.
Regards to all,
Walter Smith
>From: JJordan <eltrainmaster_@_copper.net>
>Reply-To: JJordan <eltrainmaster_@_copper.net>
>To: "Jon Scaptura" <jon_@_scaptura.com>, <erielack@lists.railfan.net>
>Subject: Re: (erielack) Fw: The Ghost Train
>Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:41:23 -0500
>
>Oh my God! They buried the whole train??
>
>-Joe Jordan
>
>At 10:32 PM 3/30/05 -0500, Jon Scaptura wrote:
> >This was forwarded to me by a co-worker who noticed the Erie and
>Lackawanna
> >photos on my office wall. This is the first I've heard of this. Anyone
>else
> >hear this story?
> >
> >Jon Scaptura
> >Endicott, NY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----
> >
> >From: T B []
> >Sent: Wed 3/30/2005 7:41 AM
> >To:
> >Subject: FW: The Ghost Train
> >
> >
> >Ever hear anything about this ???
> >
> >
> > - tim -
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Subject: The Ghost Train
> >
> >
> >
> > Did you ever hear the legend of the Abraham Lincoln Ghost Train that
>was
> >spotted in the Binghamton area? Apparently back in the day, Lincoln's
>body
> >was taken through all the big cities. It went thru Philly to New York,
>and
> >then thru Buffalo to Chicago to eventually get to Illinois where it was
> >buried. Looking at my Erie/Lackawanna map on the wall, the oooollld line
> >from back in the day would have taken the train from New York, through
>Port
> >Jervis, and Calicoon, eventually through Binghamton, west on the line
> >through Johnson City, Endicott, Waverly, Elmira, etc. A story I read
>said
> >there was a cop on duty late one night, and he parked along the tracks, I
> >believe it was Vestal, as I remember. Through the mist he saw a train
> >coming, but the light wasn't the usual bright light. The engine came
>out
> >of the darkness, and it was an old steam engine, draped in bunting, and
> >there were several old time passenger cars. In the last car he could
>see
> >the coffin in the window. He thought he was going insane. He mentioned
>it
> >to a friend who told him it was the anniversary of the night the train
>came
> >through there. That date is coming up. Lincoln was shot April 14th, died
> >the 15th. And it would be a matter of a few days until the train rode
> >through Binghamton.
> >
> >
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