. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . le, Ohio, 16 years later. In 1915 heretired from the Pennsylvania Rail-road after 51 years of continuous serv-ice. Starting work in a roundhouse inthe Fall of 1864, he became a firemanin July, 1865, and an engineman inMarch, 1871. All of his runs were overthe Cleveland & Pittsburgh division. Probably the only railroad workernow living who knew and conversedwith Abraham Lincoln is C. N. Cour-sey, of Mt. Carmel, 111., a retired BigFour engineer. Coursey began his railroad career asa passenger brakeman on the B. & O.,July 10, 1862, before he became 15years
. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . le, Ohio, 16 years later. In 1915 heretired from the Pennsylvania Rail-road after 51 years of continuous serv-ice. Starting work in a roundhouse inthe Fall of 1864, he became a firemanin July, 1865, and an engineman inMarch, 1871. All of his runs were overthe Cleveland & Pittsburgh division. Probably the only railroad workernow living who knew and conversedwith Abraham Lincoln is C. N. Cour-sey, of Mt. Carmel, 111., a retired BigFour engineer. Coursey began his railroad career asa 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 with the engine and train |crew. On one occasion the conductorasked Mr. Lincoln: i Why do you bother shaking hands!with the engineer and fireman, whosehands are always covered with sootand grease? The Presidents reply was: That will all wash off, but I alwayswant to see and know the men I amriding behind. {•in • ■ IT) qo —— a, be o *- (2 bo. 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? Getup here and lets see you do it. So I climbed into the cab. But let me describe the Sam Hillas I stood beside her in the yardof the Parade of the Years. She isa glittering locomotive: flaring wood-burning stack, with a little fancycrown around the top, brass coveredcylinders; brass-capped steam andsand domes; shining high whistle;real pointed cow-catcher and pol-ished wood cab. She rolls throughthe gate at the left of the paradedrawing the historic train. She isthe eight-wheeled type, four drivers,four-wheeled pony truck, connect-ing rods and burnished pin caps,that handsome old type of passen-ger engine of our boyhood days. Shewas built in 1S60. Wait till I
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