MAP OF THE MONTH After the end of the Freedom Train tour in Lancaster, Pa., VERMONT MAINE To Bangor the tour was revised and Burlington extended to the following Augusta C VTR Montpelier C ME cities. Only the final stop on C ME Routes of the Freedom Trains V NEW Lewiston this part of the tour is shown C HAMPSHIRE C R ME on the map. UT Follow the complex paths of the 1947-49 Freedom Train and its 1975-76 successor White River Jct. ME Oct. 11: Easton, Pa. NEW YORK Whitehall Rutland D&H GMR B&M d B&M Portland Oct. 12: Morristown, N.J. or As part of America’s bicentennial th Oct. 13-14: Jersey City, N.J. R onc B&M That journey, celebrating its 40 anniversa- railroads, and had more than 3 million visi- Rochester Rome UT C Oct. 15: Princeton, N.J. PC Utica Dover PC PC celebration, the American Freedom Train ry (see page 46), was the successor to a tors. Using documents in the Trains ar- C &H Bellows Falls Oct. 16-17, Camden, N.J. NY D spent 21 months touring the country, dis- train that toured the nation with 126 his- chives, online records, and information Buffalo NYC Syracuse NYC Oct. 19: Red Bank, N.J. Schenectady Pit o B t playing 500 artifacts of the nation’s history toric documents for 29 months beginning from those involved in the 1975-76 effort, Oct. 20: Orange, N.J. DL inghamt y s Oct. 21: Montclair, N.J. &W PC field PC Alban — ranging from George Washington’s copy in September 1947. Powered by an Alco PA we’ve reconstructed the routes of both o Oct. 22: Passaic, N.J. PRR n D&H B&A PC Boston Erie DL &H Springfield of the Constitution to a moon rock — to locomotive, the original Freedom Train trains. If you think they’re hard to follow, Oct. 23: Ridgewood, N.J. (NYC) &W D Nineveh PRR Corning MASS. Oct. 24: Hackensack, N.J. a more than 7 million visitors in 48 states. traveled over 37,000 miles on more than 50 imagine planning them. — David Lassen North Corry CR Oct. 25: New Brunswick, N.J. Girard Elmir PC Hartford PRR t CONN. Pr Oct. 26: Havre de Grace, Md. CR NH o PRR videnc PENNSYLVANIA Waterbury NH 1 &H Meriden (final display stop) Oil City CR D PC R.I. CR illiamspor Scranton AFT 1 NH PC e tle PRR W Wilkes-Barre as CR Ne Ne NH WASHINGTON . Phillip Milf w L MINNESOTA w C Jer B E w HaNH Minot SOO e PRR Ne Jct e as or ondon on PRR er Allentthlehem NH Everett ak Grand Forks t tas Tyr CR PRR s sbur S t Bridgepod rv GN Dr wn s enridge ey Shor tam en BN Spokane Coeur d'Alene Max SOO to k one PRR Seattle arringt NP oche ack . o g for S r C Far R Br CR R wn GN on Great Falls OO toba Jct e g e Ne d Tacoma Wenatchee BN NP MONTANA NP go . Kiskimine ading DL&W NP GN James t d CR w Y t NP ManiJct t GN r Duluth PRR CR Garris GN Alt PRR ork Olympia UP Bismarck GN PRR CR New Brunswick BN GN Missoula y NP ainer oona Harrisbur RDG Helena GN NP r g RDG NP BN Br Superior gh Johns Lemoyne 2 NP GN RDG T Asbur Yakima Wallula NORTH DAKOTA Oakes BN PRR CR O Hager King of Prussia r UP GN Huntle Carlton sbur & CR ent Walla Walla NP Little Falls NP t B PRR CR P UP GN ilkinsbur to PRR on ark y Portland w NP BN Pit W Rockwood wn s PRR 1949 B UP UP o C St. Cloud Brook ParkW WISCONSIN B&O to WM Lancaster Butte BN B SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen Benson aus wn York &NW er B illings & GN WM CR C NP Gettysburg Hinkle Q GN Eau au Newark ton Silv Laurel GN GN C&NW Cumberland WM Baltimor PRRChes Philadelphia Claire PC N.J. Salem UP UP Sheridan Blunt Huron B&O WM Freedom Train FUN FACT SP endle Watertown C&NW ter SP P UP C&NW apolis MIL PRR e PRR PRR PRSL opening day Ownership changed from Penn Central to Conrail IDAHO Pierre GN Green Bay Penn Station son NP W PC A Eugene BN Rapid City t illmar Merrillan C&NW Camden Station tlantic CiStept. 17, 1947 during the run of the American Freedom Train. e W aul C w Springfield CB Minne . P La &NW Oshkosh C&NW t Wyeville on &O Dover MICHIGAN PRR & C Garr S Q Crosse MIL B PC &NW C&NW agina GMR Boise UP &NW W S PC Concord B&M B&M Sioux Falls GN C MILW B&M t Hur Washington, D.C. Wilmington y B&M N.H. MIL Milwaukee UP Sparta Portage or RUT SP OREGON Casper BN P Havre de Grace American Freedom Claremont B&M Dover 1 W Madison 3 Dakota Jct. C Watertown Final Freedom Train Train opening day Bellows Jct. UP Pocatello UP CB IOWA R edar oit & B&M Q Crawford NEBRASKA De apids o tr display stop April 1, 1975 Falls B&M Sioux City Moine IC Rockford Manchester abula De Wendover Alliance C s t Liberty ag B&M UP c y B&M S Oct. 26, 1949 &NW RI hi Erie Salisbury CB es eland A WYOMING & Gr s C v PC VT. B&M Q CB RI W yne Nashua t S Northport and Island MILW W oledo l BN MILW a T Cle MD. Haverhill a SP & &Q W andusk PRR n SP C Linc S NY t Ogden Iowa RI MIL rt W NY C Lowell Lawrence i RI Davenport or C c UP Cheyenne oln BN City F OHIO Akron Oc CB&Q Omaha PC Youngstown Fitchburg e Elko Q Burlington Logansport LimaPRR a DRGW Salt Lake City & Danville C PRR Ayer Lynn n Independenc Orr an PRR BN CB Q O B&M NKP wn Nor DRGW UP & AB O Boston & W villeto to er St. ie B & PRR n Pittsburgh s t B&A th St B s PC B&M South Station BN West CB Munc PRR Provo La PRR Columbus Beacon Joseph Quincy Quincy PC s ation SP Oxford Jct. Topekawr CEI s Steubenville Park BN CB S ndianapoli Springfield umberlandHageinchr e S SP enc edalia I C W Wilmington B&A NH acr Denver MP & Springfield Terre NY PC Dayton Wheeling Q C Harper Springfield ament Reno/Sparks e e Haute O Ferry DRGW CB PRR O MASS. SP BN Portsmouth Parkersburg B& B& Baltimore Worcester KANSAS Junction City UP & IC ville ILL. B&O Q R.I. K Hannibal CEI o Roseville UTAH Colorado Springs Ne UP ans MP MP elleVincennes Cincinnati N& Grafton Washington Providence O wt SF B W B&O B&O SOU akland SP DRGW La a MKT T IND. C&O Alexandria CONN. PC NEVADA on A as City S IC C&O Clarksburg Las Animas TSF Emporia Je MP t. L L&N NH Pueblo Junt A CEI Louisville Charleston Fredericksburg Hutchinson MK f Ancho SLSF f RF&P Stockton SF ouis F SP COLORADO AT er Du Quoin L Huntington VA. Charlottesville Cit r L SP FUN FACT C&S T s Evansville &N C&O O OU Prin an e Chanute y on xingt & Kenova Lynchburg S Pe o The Freedom Train of 1947-1949 Parsons C N& te Richmond Modesto Wichita MP IC L&N &N kf Ashland c Trinidad IC c r r Gr an SF L W Roano sbu S . SP T ATSF SLSF e age ke C&O r N.Y. Tarrytown TK CONN. and the American Freedom Train A SFMK ton o on N.J. and C A Wellington T KY. OU r o CALIFORNIA A T r Bluefield Walton g N& P Springfield Cairo S NH ancis t W W r SP A N& Newport News at F of 1975-1976 were the only two C CR Winfield OU W ood Jct T e IC P W OU er entr NH Stamford SF aduc S N& S Fresno SF A T thage c MISSOURI Bowling Green Bristol N& Norfolk s alo Alt trains to ever travel through all T T uls NPBL on r PC edw P an Jose A Enid SF Joplinar Fulton Danville Suf CR al Terminal C R SP Pier Johnson City S wn S 48 contiguous states. a MKT C City ah Nashville OU Winston- W f o NY New Rochelle field NC Knoxville SOU Salem SOU eldonACL olk /N& st Marion s Guthrie Wagoner AL A SLSF MP TENN. Bulls S W ERIE T er RI North Oak Ridge Barber Bronx (Van Nest) SF e Gap Gr Jct ak v Little Hunt NC DL&W Morri B Santa Fe RI SLSF MP L&N S eensbor CR . NH w Bald Knob Jack Asheville OU R CL SP to El Reno MP Rock Cleveland SOU S S aleigh Moja s ARIZONA ATSF s SOU alisbur OU A Jamaica ar Amarillo Oklahoma ATSF Muskogee ville OU Spartanburg S B MP NC s S OU N.C. Bruns LI on S Charlo New Belmont Park 1976 SF Albuquerque Byars o P Har SP ATSF T City Fort MP Memphis SOU Chattanooga OU y Ne enn Palmdale A Ada S St LI old Ave.