C&O Baggage-Express Car No. 314 - Baltimore MD
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Don.Morfe
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The Car That Carried Ike on His Last Trip--C&O Baggage-Express Car No. 314 built by Pullman Car & Mfg. Co. 1929- On the evening of March 31, 1969, America's last Presidential funeral train-that of Dwight D. Eisenhower-rolled sadly out of Washington.
Waymark Code: WM13EPM
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2020
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The Car That Carried Ike on His Last Trip--C&O Baggage-Express Car No. 314 built by Pullman Car & Mfg. Co. 1929
On the evening of March 31, 1969, America's last Presidential funeral train-that of Dwight D. Eisenhower-rolled sadly out of Washington on its way to Abilene, Kansas. Its ten-car consist was undecorated in any, and near its front, the body of the military hero and former President rode in this ordinary baggage car. It was the way any common soldier would have gone home for burial-and the way "Ike" wanted it to be.
The car chosen had served C&O for 40 years before. Built for the boom passenger traffic of the late 1920's No. 314 was very typical of the heavyweight cars which carried checked baggage, express shipments and bulk mail at the head of passenger trains. Aside from minor interior modifications and a new paint jog in the early 1950's to match C&O's newly-delivered streamlined cars, it is essentially original.
This car displayed today exactly as it appeared when it took Ike home for the last time.
LOCATION: Marker is in Pigtown in Baltimore, Maryland. Marker is on West Pratt Street. This marker is located on the grounds of the B&O Railroad Museum. Marker is at or near this postal address: 901 West Pratt Street, Baltimore MD 21223, United States of America.
Type of train car: Freight Car
Location: B&O Railroad Museum outside lot
Price (In local currency): None
Interaction allowed: no
Visiting hours: Not listed
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