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Freedom Train

Index Freedom Train

Two national Freedom Trains have toured the United States: the 1947–49 special exhibit Freedom Train and the 1975–76 American Freedom Train which celebrated the United States Bicentennial. [1]

44 relations: AFT, ALCO PA, American Freedom Train – 1975–76 station stops, American Legion Freedom Bell, April 1975, Artrain USA, B&O Railroad Museum, Chessie System, Chicago Railroad Fair, Coast Daylight, Discovery Train, Doyle McCormack, Freedom Train – 1947–49 station stops, Here Comes the Freedom Train, Hilltop, Jersey City, Inventing the "American Way", Liberty Bell, List of reporting marks: A, Mab Copland Lineman, Masterpiece (The Master's Apprentices album), Moving walkway, Nickel Plate 763, Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Oregon Railroad and Navigation 197, Reading 2101, Reading T-1, Ross Rowland, San Francisco Belt Railroad, Santa Fe 3751, Southern Pacific 4449, Southern Pacific class GS-4, Texas and Pacific 610, Tom C. Clark, Tough Guys, Train of Tomorrow, Union Pacific GTELs, United States Bicentennial, Wizard (DC Comics), 1947 in rail transport, 1948 in rail transport, 1949 in rail transport, 1975 in rail transport, 1976 in rail transport, 4-8-4.

AFT

Aft is a naval term meaning towards the stern (rear) of the ship.

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ALCO PA

ALCO PA refers to a family of A1A-A1A diesel locomotives built to haul passenger trains that were built in Schenectady, New York, in the United States by a partnership of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE) between June, 1946 and December, 1953.

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American Freedom Train – 1975–76 station stops

This article lists all of the station stops made by the American Freedom Train tour in 1975 and 1976.

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American Legion Freedom Bell

Freedom Bell, American Legion, is a public artwork located at Union Station in Washington, D.C., United States.

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April 1975

The following events occurred in April 1975.

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Artrain USA

Artrain is a traveling art museum on a train.

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B&O Railroad Museum

The B&O Railroad Museum is a museum exhibiting historic railroad equipment in Baltimore, Maryland, originally named the Baltimore & Ohio Transportation Museum when it opened on July 4, 1953.

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Chessie System

Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and several smaller carriers.

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Chicago Railroad Fair

The Chicago Railroad Fair was an event organized to celebrate and commemorate 100 years of railroad history west of Chicago, Illinois.

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Coast Daylight

The Coast Daylight, originally known as the Daylight Limited, was a passenger train on the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, via SP's Coast Line.

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Discovery Train

Discovery Train (French: Train de la Découverte) was a mobile museum train operated by National Museums of Canada.

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Doyle McCormack

Doyle L. McCormack (born circa 1943) is a railroad preservationist, and is well-known among the railfan community.

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Freedom Train – 1947–49 station stops

This article contains a list of station stops made by the first Freedom Train on its 48-state tour.

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Here Comes the Freedom Train

"Here Comes the Freedom Train" is a 1976 song written by Stephen H. Lemberg, best known for being performed by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers.

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Hilltop, Jersey City

The Hilltop is the eastern section of the Journal Square district of Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Inventing the "American Way"

Inventing the "American Way": The Politics of Consensus from the New Deal to the Civil Rights Movement is a 2008 book by American historian Wendy L. Wall, then a professor at Queen's University, and currently at Binghamton University.

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Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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List of reporting marks: A

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Mab Copland Lineman

Mab Copland Lineman (October 2, 1892 – December 26, 1957), LL.B., was an American attorney, noted for her work with business and protective law, commonly known as "Law of Common Things".

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Masterpiece (The Master's Apprentices album)

Masterpiece is the second studio album by The Masters Apprentices, released in February 1970 on Columbia Records.

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Moving walkway

A moving walkway or moving sidewalk (American English), also known as autowalk or as in British English as a skywalk, travolator, or travellator, is a slow-moving conveyor mechanism that transports people across a horizontal or inclined plane over a short to medium distance.

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Nickel Plate 763

Nickel Plate Road No.

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Oregon Rail Heritage Center

The Oregon Rail Heritage Center (ORHC) is a railway museum in Portland, Oregon.

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Oregon Railroad and Navigation 197

Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

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Reading 2101

Reading 2101 is a 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive constructed in 1945 for use by the Reading Company as a member of the T1 class.

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Reading T-1

The Reading T-1 is a class of 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives owned by the Reading Company.

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Ross Rowland

Ross E. Rowland, Jr. (Born 1940) is a figure in United States railroad preservation.

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San Francisco Belt Railroad

The San Francisco Belt Railroad was a short-line railroad along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California.

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Santa Fe 3751

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3751 is a 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built in 1927 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

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Southern Pacific 4449

Southern Pacific 4449 is the only surviving example of Southern Pacific Railroad's (SP) (today Union Pacific) GS-4 class of steam locomotives.

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Southern Pacific class GS-4

The GS-4 is a streamlined 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive used on the Southern Pacific Company from 1941 to 1958.

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Texas and Pacific 610

Texas and Pacific 610 is a 2-10-4 steam locomotive that was originally operated by the Texas and Pacific Railway (T&P).

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Tom C. Clark

Thomas Campbell Clark (September 23, 1899June 13, 1977), who preferred Tom C. Clark, was a Texas lawyer who served as the 59th United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949.

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Tough Guys

Tough Guys is a 1986 action comedy film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Charles Durning, Dana Carvey (in his film debut) and Darlanne Fluegel.

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Train of Tomorrow

The Train of Tomorrow was an American demonstrator train built as a collaboration between General Motors (GM) and Pullman-Standard between 1945 and 1947.

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Union Pacific GTELs

Union Pacific operated the largest fleet of gas turbine-electric locomotives (GTELs) of any railroad in the world.

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United States Bicentennial

The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events leading up to the creation of the United States of America as an independent republic.

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Wizard (DC Comics)

The Wizard is a fictional DC Comics Golden Age supervillain.

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1947 in rail transport

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1948 in rail transport

In 1948, 14 railroads in North America owned more than 1,000 steam locomotives each.

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1949 in rail transport

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1975 in rail transport

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1976 in rail transport

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4-8-4

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Train

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