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Date: 03/18/23 10:47
T&P 610 on the Freedom Train
Author: gcm

Feb 26
Reading all the interesting posts on the possible Freedom Train for 2026 here is a look back at the 1976 version.
Soon after restoration was complete, 610 picked up the train from the 4449 in Austin and it ran on the Missouri Pacific to Houston.
I spent a fun day chasing and here it is arriving in Bryan,Tx.

Gary

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Date: 03/18/23 11:18
Re: T&P 610 on the Freedom Train
Author: refarkas

Super photo.
Bob

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Date: 03/18/23 13:06
Re: T&P 610 on the Freedom Train
Author: BoilingMan

Those would be the two MP Bicentennial units behind the 610.
We stopped in Bryan for water. Our schedule says 8:00 into Bryan, but I don’t remember how close to that we were.
SR

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Date: 03/19/23 16:14
Re: T&P 610 on the Freedom Train
Author: MP4093

Great photo. I helped with the restoration and got to ride behind her in the tool car on a couple of segments. The last segment Dallas to Ft Worth without diesels was a run for the ages since they thought it would be the last time it ran. Ex T&P crew on the ex T&P double track, working her.

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Date: 03/20/23 06:51
Re: T&P 610 on the Freedom Train
Author: UP951West

One of the best T&P 610 photos I 've seen. Thanks , Gary !

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