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	The 1947 - 1949 Freedom Train \| The 1975 - 1976 American Freedom Train
		It was pulled by steam locomotives in the age of the diesel, and would improve on the three display cars of its predecessor, the 1947 Freedom Train.
		The American Freedom Train would feature twelve display cars, ten that visitors would go aboard and pass through and two to hold large objects that would be viewed from the ground through huge "showcase" windows.
		The American Freedom Train (AFT) was a 26-car train led by one of three enormous steam engines restored just for the occasion.
	www.freedomtrain.org /html/aft_home.htm (725 words)

	American Freedom Train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American Freedom Train was a special exhibit train that toured the United States in the latter half of the 1940s, and again with different equipment for the United States Bicentennial celebrations.
		Both trains were painted in special red, white and blue paint schemes, and both toured the 48 contiguous states with displays of Americana and related historical artifacts.
		The 1947-1949 Freedom Train was proposed by Attorney General Tom C. Clark as a way to reawaken Americans to their taken-for-granted principles of liberty in the post-war years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Freedom_Train (730 words)

	Museum of America's Freedom Trains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		American Freedom Train and its predecessor, the 1947-49
		Freedom Train, were taken in a burglary during the move of the museum’s railroad exhibit car from northern to southern California.
		American Freedom Train was the only nationwide bicentennial event, and its 1947-49 predecessor was the only complete train ever to operate in every state of the union.
	www.fwry.com /press_rel/maft_1.htm (2936 words)

	Freedom Train Visits Bluefield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Freedom Train is, in essence, the spearhead of the Foundation's program which seeks to recreate awareness among U. citizens of their priceless heritage.
		Prior to the visit of the train to each community, a Week of Rededication is held in which citizens of all age groups rededicate themselves to the American heritage, and pledge themselves to active observance of their duties as citizens.
		The day-to-day operation of the train during its 13 month-long tour is under the supervision of Train Director Walter H. O'Brien, representing the American Heritage Foundation.
	www.wvculture.org /history/government/freedomtrain03.html (632 words)

	The American Freedom Train: The Year In Pictures 1975 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The American Freedom Train was the greatest railroading event of the 20th century.
		The American Freedom Train: The Year In Pictures 1975 covers the first year of the AFT's life - illustrated through hundreds of never-before-seen photographs from noted railroad photographers, AFT staff and locomotive crews.
		This tape focuses on the design work of the train (through artist's renderings of proposed exhibits and paint schemes) as well as selection and restoration of the two steam locomotives, especially the Daylight (which was restored in six months, compared to 30 days for the Reading T-1).
	www.accuen.com /html/aftyip75.html (666 words)

	e-Train - TCA, Toy Trains, Train Collectors Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		History indicates that the first HO trains appeared during WWII when Lionel was prospering by means of their corner on the O gauge market.
		The train was to travel throughout the nation approaching almost all major metropolitan areas.
		The Freedom Train was the leader of a very important segment of the patriotic celebration; very possibly, in numbers all other aspects were outdistanced.
	www.tcamembers.org /articles/chronicles/FREEDOM (1024 words)

	1975 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		April 1 - The second American Freedom Train tour begins, powered by newly restored Southern Pacific 4449, in Wilmington, Delaware.
		June 6 - An overnight northbound passenger train from London, England, bound for Glasgow, Scotland, does not receive warning of a temporary speed restriction resulting in the Nuneaton rail crash.
		June 8 - Two trains collide on a single-track stretch between Lenggries and Munich due to a dispatcher error.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1975_in_rail_transport (264 words)

	Freedom Train
		The American Heritage Foundation is formed to oversee the financial and operational affairs of the exhibit.
		Original Freedom Train with an Honor Guard Detachment of 29 United States Marines in their dress blues who guarded the train and served as interpreters.
		Each member of the Freedom Train's Marine Corps Honor Guard is issued a bronze card from Paramount's M&P Theaters affording them the luxury of free movies for life at any of their theaters.
	www.palletmastersworkshop.com /train.html (793 words)

	American Freedom Train 1976
		In Texas the American Freedom Train was pulled by two enormous steam locomotives, Texas and Pacific #610 and Southern Pacific #4449.
		The third and often overlooked steam locomotive to pull the American Freedom Train, the 610 took the point on runs from Austin to Houston, Houston to Ft. Worth, and from Ft. Worth to Dallas and back.
		Built in 1941, Lima C/N 7817, SP 4449 "Daylight" with her sister "Golden State" GS-4Class 4-8-4's (4430-4457) continued the tradition of "the most beautiful train in the world" that began in 1937 with the GS-2 class and the new highly successful coast daylight trains of that time.
	www.realtime.net /~wmansion/american_freedom_train_1976.htm (606 words)

	Freedom Train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It is with the most sincere and intense regret that I inform you of the cancellation of the Freedom Train.
		The Freedom Train is being promoted by Freedom Bound International and the Genesis Communications Network, and welcomes additional sponsors to help defray the costs.
		Freedom Train needs Routing Director, to seek out and locate places at which the Freedom Train caravan will make presentations to the public.
	www.americansovereign.com /freedomtrain.htm (710 words)

	American Freedom Train & Patriotic Schemes / Great Plains-West Rail Galleries
		The train's destination was the Deschutes River Canyon of Central Oregon.
		For this Portland to Bend, OR round trip, the 4449 was repainted in the red, white and blue paint scheme it wore on the American Freedom Train in 1976.
		AFT Locomotive #4449, one of the most photographed locomotives in the world, the former Southern Pacific GS-4 is the property of the City of Portland Oregon.
	www.trainweb.org /screamingeagle/gallery/aft.html (1677 words)

	Celebrate Freedom ~ Rising above circumstances and remaining calm despite the storms of life
		Brenda and I were two of more than seven million Americans who visited the train during its tour of all 48 contiguous states from April 1, 1975 to December 31, 1976.
		The American Freedom Train was a 26-car train led by one of three enormous steam engines restored just for the occasion.
		Celebrating freedom has been an American tradition since July 8, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was read aloud in Philadelphia, followed by city bells ringing and bands playing.
	www.blessed2bless.us /by-steve/celebrate-freedom.html (921 words)

	Freedom Bell in Washington DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1981, the Freedom Bell was donated to the United States in celebration of the nation's Bicentennial.
		It was cast specifically for the 1975-76 American Freedom Train by Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the same foundry that cast the original Liberty Bell.
		The American Freedom Train carried the bell to all 48 contiguous states during the nation's Bicentennial celebration.
	www.libertybellmuseum.com /morereplicas/dcfreedombell.htm (125 words)

	1975-76 American Freedom Train Timeline
		President Gerald Ford inaugurates the American Freedom Train from the observation platform of the Preamble Express at Alexandria, VA.
		Sadly, in 1995 the display cars of the American Freedom Train were all scrapped in the desert outside Las Vegas, a city the AFT never visited.
		AFT Locomotive #4449 leaves Portland to begin its trip to Chicago to meet the Freedom Train.
	www.freedomtrain.org /html/aft_timeline.htm (2307 words)

	Trains.com - American Freedom Train - Navy Pier - Chicago
		I'm not sure when or how the swap was made, but the train left Chicago on the BN Chicago-Aurora main and was pulled by 4449, so if the swap was at Proviso it would have been inbound or possibly with light engine moves between Proviso and Navy Pier.
		There was only one American Freedom Train that roamed the country during the nation’s bicentennial.
		One group member recently posted an extensive day-by-day chronology of the train’s nearly two year journey across the country others have discussed the nuances of using the Lionel HO scale set from 1976 as a basis to model a complete 26 car American Freedom Train.
	www.trains.com /community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22757 (1147 words)

	www.trainartisan.com News
		is a classically trained artists who has a 40+ year career as a commercial artist and illustrator as well as being a fine artist specializing in watercolor renderings of railroads of the 20's thru the 60's.
		American Classics will also be available for purchase in the USA through Flight1/Loco1...
		It'll be nice to see the 4449 in all her glory on a train simulator that you can run.", stated Doyle McCormack, the man responsible for the restoration of the 4449.
	www.trainartisan.com /050102.htm (2231 words)

	UP-Historical UP Locomotives: Diesel-Electric Locomotives
		Although diesel locomotives first came to American railroads in the 1920s, their use was confined to switch engines, and later to passenger train locomotives.
		Built in 1955, it pulled such famous trains as the City of Los Angeles, City of Portland, City of San Francisco, City of St. Louis and the Challenger.
		The locomotive was repainted with a red, white and blue bicentennial paint scheme and toured much of the nation pulling the "Preamble Express" in advance of the widely publicized steam-powered Freedom Train tours in 1975 and 1976.
	www.uprr.com /aboutup/history/loco/locohs03.shtml (773 words)

	All-Railroad's AMERICAN fREEDOM TRAIN
		The American Freedom Train traveled the country in 1975 and 1976 and brought part of America's history to millions of Americans from the large cities to the smallest hamlets.
		While many people do remember the American Freedom Train from 1976 travels and the publicity associated with it, not many know there was an earlier freedom train that toured the US in 1948.
		The 1948 Freedom Train toured 33,000 miles throughout the United States and consisted of 7 passenger cars decorated with the flags of the 48 states, Alaska and Hawaii and carried 127 Documents symbolizing significant events in our nations history.
	www.all-railroads.com /whatsnew/nfreedom.htm (1043 words)

	Visiting the American Freedom Train, almost. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		I saw the American Freedom Train - or, at least, one of the steam locomotives that pulled it, twice during its cross country tour back in 1975-76.
		In January, 1976, I heard on the news that the American Freedom Train was going to be stopping in Tempe for a couple of days at Arizona State University.
		Sadly, although the train was on display in Tempe for four days, I did not have time to tour the exhibits.
	craigsrailroadpages.com /aft.htm (476 words)

	American Competitiveness Initiative
		The American Competitiveness Initiative commits $5.9 billion in FY 2007 to increase investments in research and development, strengthen education, and encourage entrepreneurship.
		Accountability and high standards are producing positive results in the classroom, and we can do more to provide American students and workers with the skills and training needed to compete with the best and brightest around the world.
		Workforce training systems that provide more workers the opportunity to pursue the training and other services necessary to improve their skills and better compete in the 21st century.
	www.whitehouse.gov /stateoftheunion/2006/aci (6737 words)

	Funnelfan: AFT w/4449
		But at the very first notice that the 4449 would be painted back into the original American Freedom train colors from the 1976 Bi-Centennial Celebration, I changed my mind.
		In this view of the train exiting the tunnel between Moody and OT Junction, a number of railfans can be seen on the adjacent Hwy 30.
		Here we see the train exiting the tunnel between the bridges and on the south bridge.
	www.trainweb.org /funnelfan/aft4449.htm (1369 words)

	Amazon.com: The American Freedom Train: The Year in Pictures 1976 (1999) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The American Freedom Train: The Year In Pictures 1976 covers the second year of the AFT's life - illustrated through hundreds of never-before-seen photographs from noted railroad photographers, AFT staff and locomotive crews.
		The third and oft overlooked steam locomotive to pull the American Freedom Train, the 610 took the point on runs from Austin to Houston, Houston to Ft. Worth, and from Ft. Worth to Dallas and back.
		Many of the 512 artifacts are depicted in rare photos by the train's designers and staff (rare because the public was not allowed to photograph anything inside the train).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000K1WI?v=glance (813 words)

	American Freedom Train 4449 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Around 30 years ago, the Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 was dragged out of Oaks Park, put into operation, and used to haul the American Freedom Train around most of the western United States.
		The Freedom Train came through La Crosse at some ungodly early hour in the morning, so I missed it.
		As an aside, when the 4449 was shoved into Oaks park back in the late 1950s, Portland Traction #100 is supposed to be the engine that did the pushing.
	weblog.pell.portland.or.us /~orc/2004/10/24/001 (147 words)

	KOMO : Mount Rainier Dinner Train Rides Again
		The train is Bob Thurston's legacy, now carried on by two of his children after Thurston suffered a stroke in June.
		It will also provide views of undisturbed nature from lounge or observation cars, which were part of the American Freedom Train that helped celebrate the 1976 U.S. bicentennial.
		Johnstad eventually wants to build the runs back to twice a week, which is what her father used to manage, and an additional weekday run.
	www.komotv.com /news/printstory.asp?id=29000 (375 words)

	Amazon.com: The Story of American Freedom: Books: Eric Foner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Story of American Freedom, therefore, "is not a mythic saga with a predetermined beginning and conclusion, but an open-ended history of accomplishment and failure, a record of a people forever contending about the crucial ideas of their political culture."
		The Story of American Freedom is a sweeping synthesis, delivered in clearheaded language that makes the ongoing nature of the American dream accessible to all readers.
		As Americans we have a tendancy to think of this country as the birthplace of freedom and enlightenment, that is just came to us naturally from the very beginning.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393319628?v=glance (1951 words)

	RailServe.com Forum: Lionel HO GS-4 American Freedom Train 4-8-4 Locomotive and Tender
		At two points in the AFT's journey, alternative motive power was employed: during the train's initial departure from Philadelphia, a pair of ex-PRR GG-1's navigated the train through the railyards, and Burlington Northern diesels powered the train to a pair of later appearances while 4449 underwent an unscheduled maintenance.
		The American Freedom Train visited all 48 contiguous states between early 1975 and November 1976, after which the cars were sold to Canada for their "Discovery Train" and the engines went elsewhere.
		I don't know that SP repainted their remaining GS-4 to Freedom Train specifications, but the Freedom Train was a way the railroads commerated the birth of our country 200 years later.
	www.railserve.com /discus/messages/1/1373.html (984 words)

	American Congress For Truth \| Brigitte Gabriel
		We must make the connection between individual safety and a strong national defense, increase civic preparation and political responsibility, and train all Americans to become defenders of our community safety and national security.
		The pain-rich attack of 9/11 changed most Americans lives forever, but it struck an especially sensitive chord with me. It reminded me that the entire world is under brutal threat and physical attack by the same radical Islamic ideology that massacred “infidels” in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War.
		The American Congress for Truth (ACT) was formed in June 2002 to clear away the fog of the brutal attack of September 11, 2001.
	www.americancongressfortruth.com (670 words)

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