fayette until broad daylight wasa white light and from that time to Michigan City, a draped white flag.During darkness the pilot carried red markers and a draped American flagduring daylight. Both the pilot and funeral train had absolute right tothe line during this passage; opposing trains were… … Lincoln funeral train attracted crowds Even in the middle of the night, mourners gathered with lamps and bonfires By Bob Kriebel, For the Journal and Courier A 50-year-old historian from Ohio has written a heck of a book that willinterest many Lafayette-area students of railroads, Abraham Lincoln…
