After the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, his body was taken to New York City for a funeral mass in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Kennedy’s coffin was transported by a private funeral train from New York to Washington, D.C., to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on June 8 and these photos are describing perfectly the funeral train.

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Mourners line the tracks to bid farewell to Robert F. Kennedy as his funeral train passes on its way from New York City to Washington, D.C., on June 8, 1968.

Paul Fusco / Library of Congress, LOOK Magazine Collection, LC-L901A-68-3791 no. 445

Members of the Elizabeth Firing Squad stand at attention among residents at the train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the funeral train passes on June 8, 1968.

Paul Fusco / Library of Congress, LOOK Magazine Collection, LC-L901A-68-3791, no. 130

Elizabeth, New Jersey, June 8, 1968.

Paul Fusco / Library of Congress, LOOK Magazine Collection, LC-L901A-68-3791, no. 133

June 8, 1968.

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Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1968.

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June 8, 1968.

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June 8, 1968.

Paul Fusco / Library of Congress, LOOK Magazine Collection, LC-L901A-68-3791 no. 102

People fill North Philadelphia station as the train passes on June 8, 1968.

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North Philadelphia station on June 8, 1968.

Paul Fusco / Library of Congress, LOOK Magazine Collection, LC-L901A-68-3791, no. 148

A sign is held up as the funeral train passes through Charlestown, Maryland, on June 8, 1968.

Paul Fusco / Library of Congress, LOOK Magazine Collection, LC-L901A-68-3791, no. 113

June 8, 1968.

Paul Fusco / Library of Congress, LOOK Magazine Collection, LC-L901A-68-3791 no. 99

People wave and salute as Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral train travels past, rolling from New York City to Washington, D.C., on June 8, 1968.

Paul Fusco / Library of Congress, LOOK Magazine Collection, LC-L901A-68-3791, no. 32