Abraham Lincoln

UP locomotive to honor Abraham Lincoln

Union Pacific marked Presidents Day by announcing plans for a locomotive to honor the nation’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, who signed the legislation authorizing construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, leading to UP’s creation.

The paint scheme of locomotive No. 1616 will feature “the unique colors of Lincoln’s era,” UP (NYSE: UNP) said in a press release. It also honors steam locomotive No. 119, one of the two engines participating in the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Summit,...

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FreightWaves Classics: Remembering a war hero and advocate for good roads

A painting of early vehicles on early U.S. roads. (Image: Federal Highway Administration)
Rodney Slater, who served as the Administrator of the FHWA and U.S. Secretary of Transportation. (Photo: cityyear.org)Rodney Slater, who served as the Administrator of the FHWA and U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
(Photo: cityyear.org)

The setting was Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. On this date in 1993, then-Federal Highway Administrator (and later U.S. Transportation Secretary) Rodney Slater had the primary role in a ceremony that honored Roy Stone, who had distinguished himself as a Civil War hero and a good-roads advocate in the late 1890s and early 1900s.

Battle of Gettysburg

During...

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FreightWaves Classics: Lincoln Highway is dedicated on 10/31/1913

A typical U.S. country road in the early 1900s. (Photo: Lincoln Highway Association)

Sunday is October 31, so there will be Halloween parties, trick-or-treating and shenanigans across the nation. But October 31 is also the anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Highway, which occurred on that day in 1913.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. (Photo: The White House)Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. (Photo: The White House)

What is the Lincoln Highway?

The Lincoln Highway was named for President Abraham Lincoln. It was the first transcontinental road for automobiles in the United States. It was over 3,000 miles...

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