passenger brakeman on the B. & O.,July 10, 1862, before he became 15years old. He recalls the fact that it Iwas President Lincolns custom toshake ha.nds with the engine and train |crew. On one occasion the conductorasked Mr. Lincoln: i Why do you bother shaking hands!with the engineer and… … CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1936 Running the Locomotive of Lincolns Train A HIS BY S. J. KELLY. Engineer Ernest A. Mebus lookeddown from his cab window of theSam Hill, the historic engine thatdrew Lincoln into Cleveland on hisvisit in 1861. Mebus said: You say you can run her?…
