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This article lists all of the station stops made by the American Freedom Train tour in 1975 and 1976. 1975. April 1975. April 1 – Wilmington, Delaware;
The American Freedom Train waiting at the Naval Air Station in Miramar, California, on January 15, 1976 Southern Pacific 4449 stopping in Georgia in 1976 while pulling the American Freedom Train Lunar Rover display in car of the American Freedom Train. A second freedom train, the American Freedom Train, toured the country in 1975–76 to ...
The American Freedom Train stopping in the Naval Air Station in Miramar, California on January 15, 1976. The official Bicentennial events began April 1, 1975, when the American Freedom Train launched in Wilmington, Delaware to start its 21-month, 25,388-mile (40,858 km) tour of the 48 contiguous states. [18]
Former Southern Pacific Railroad GS-4 class 4-8-4 number 4449 is painted in a special red, white and blue paint scheme and tours the United States as the power for the American Freedom Train. Denman McNear succeeds Benjamin Biaggini as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad .
Image title: The Freedom Train passes through Naval Air Station, Miramar, California. Author: PH2 MASNICA, USN: Source: Film: Short title: DN-SC-85-06044: Date and time of data generation
April 1 – The second American Freedom Train tour begins, powered by newly restored Southern Pacific 4449, in Wilmington, Delaware. See also American Freedom Train - 1975-76 station stops . April 16 – In Portugal , Decree-Law 205-B/175 is published, nationalising the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses .
The former Reading Company #2101 (T-1-class 4-8-4) was one of three locomotives that pulled the American Freedom Train in 1975 and 1976. As part of B&O's 150th anniversary celebration in 1977, the Chessie System sent #2101 on a national tour as the "Chessie Steam Special".
1917 – United States President Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to nationalize American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration during World War I. [2] 1976 – The second American Freedom Train (pictured) tour ends in Miami, Florida.