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Date: 11/26/15 18:27
American Freedom Train in Cincinnati and environs circa 1975
Author: milfordgap

Three pictures of the AFT 1 on display in Cincinnati.



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Date: 11/26/15 18:30
Re: American Freedom Train in Cincinnati and environs circa 1975
Author: milfordgap

One more display picture followed by action shots at Glendale, OH and north of Hamilton, OH on the B&O.



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Date: 11/27/15 03:15
Re: American Freedom Train in Cincinnati and environs circa 1975
Author: ClubCar

I wish you all could see this locomotive today, rusting away in the B&O R.R. Museum front yard in Baltimore, and the museum management does NOT care one bit.  They honestly do not know nor appreciate history.  They are a farce for sure.

John in White Marsh, Maryland​

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Date: 11/27/15 09:14
Re: American Freedom Train in Cincinnati and environs circa 1975
Author: Auburn_Ed

Which T-1 is it?  Can't read the number in the photo and I am not familiar with the history of the last Reading locomotives.

Ed

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Date: 11/27/15 09:56
Re: American Freedom Train in Cincinnati and environs circa 1975
Author: BoilingMan

It's Reading 2101.  Ross re-numbered it AFT 1 for the tour.  Afterwards the 2101 number was restored for the Chessie Steam runs.
SR

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Date: 11/27/15 13:56
Re: American Freedom Train in Cincinnati and environs circa 1975
Author: P

Any more pics from Cincinnati?

my dad took us down when I was 5 or 6, so I don't remember all of the details, including which locomotive was there.  Did the 4449 ever visit cincinnati on the AFT?  

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Date: 11/27/15 14:06
Re: American Freedom Train in Cincinnati and environs circa 1975
Author: BoilingMan

We did pass through Cincinnati again (twice actually) in the summer of '76 to get to Dayton- but still w the T-1.
SR



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Date: 11/29/15 14:41
Re: American Freedom Train in Cincinnati and environs circa 1975
Author: thefracturedfrog

P Wrote:
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Did the 4449 ever visit
> cincinnati on the AFT?  

I think Chattanooga is about as close as 4449 got to Cincinnati during its AFT days.

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Date: 11/29/15 15:26
Re: American Freedom Train in Cincinnati and environs circa 1975
Author: BoilingMan

My geography in this part of the country is a bit soft, so I'm not sure of the mileages...
The '49 got to Chattanooga with a Southern Railway fan trip, but with the AFT itself, the 4449 got as far north as Washington DC and took the train south to the tour's end in Miami.
SR

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