Abraham Lincoln (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)

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The Abraham Lincoln was a named passenger train operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1935 into the 1960s. The "Abe Lincoln" ran between Chicago and St. Louis on the B&O's subsidiary Alton Railroad.

The original streamlined Abe Lincoln was one of two non-articulated, streamlined trains built with government assisted funding in 1935. The locomotive, B&O No. 50, was powered by an 1800-hp box-cab diesel made by EMD. After delivery, No. 50 was retrofitted with a quasi-streamlined, sloped front end.

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"Streamliners: History of a Railroad Icon" by Mike Schafer and Joe Welsh. 2002, MBI Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN. ISBN 0-7603-1371-7

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