be repeated for the afternoon trip, but pesky air brake problems that had plagued Leviathan all week caused it to be pulled off the train just a mile or so out of New Freedom. Alas, it would not be used at night.
At Hanover Junction I wandered in
to see the festivities. The station where Lincoln changed trains is still standing (a Matthew Brady photo shows Lincoln at the station) and the building has
been nicely restored. I had not looked at a calendar, but somehow I had man- aged to time my visit to be just two days ahead of the 150th anniversary of Lin- coln being here; he changed trains at Hanover Junction on November 18, 1863. The train had a few people in pe- riod garb, including Civil War soldiers, but the person who stole the show was the actor playing Lincoln, veteran Lin- coln presenter James Hayney. He ad-
BELOW LEFT: Abraham Lincoln rehearses his Gettysburg Address at Hanover Junction. This photo was taken two days shy of the 150th an- niversary of the real Lincoln changing trains here. BELOW RIGHT: The Hanover Junction station, immortalized in a Matthew Brady pho- tograph, has been restored. All trains unload here where living history is presented to the passengers.
BOTTOM: Guest locomotive
Leviathan leads a northbound train through Glen Rock. Leviathan spent a week at Steam Into History visiting sister engine York.
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