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I wrote the following well before John's passing in Aug 2020. John was a dear friend: John is back in his native Missouri after a career in the US Navy. We're both fans of San Diego -- with fond memories of the Kansas City Barbeque in the middle of downtown (before it, in turn, got barbequed by a kitchen fire), but I digress. He's a Mizzou fan and I'm a Jayhawker. I let him email me anyway. More to the point, John is a big fan of the AFT and runs the American Freedom Train Facebook Group that has become the online crossroads for anyone interested in the 1976 AFT or the 1947 Freedom Train. Check it out.
-- Todd Schannuth
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John
likes the BN Bicentennial diesels that acted as helpers on the real
American Freedom Train.
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BN
1776.
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The
original AFT car #200 -- the promo car Splendid Spirit -- comes
together. .
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Splendid Spirit sides. |
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Painted.
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Another
view.
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Another view. |
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Another
view.
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Last
view.
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The future PNWC76 tool car and a flat car. |
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Fit test. |
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Fit
test.
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Close
up of AFT Chevy Blazer.
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The AFT Blazer. |
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Hood
decoration.
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Blazer
pulls Freedom Train.
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The
AFT forklift.
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Close
up.
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Fit
test.
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American
Freedom Train ticket & concessions wagons, based on 20' intermodal
containers, but with smooth sides.
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American
Freedom Train ticket & concessions wagons.
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American
Freedom Train ticket & concessions wagons.
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American
Freedom Train ticket & concessions wagons.
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American
Freedom Train ticket & concessions wagons.
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Fit test. |
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American
Freedom Train Sleeping Car 201.
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American
Freedom Train Sleeping Car 201.
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American
Freedom Train Sleeping Car 201.
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American
Freedom Train Sleeping Car 201.
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American
Freedom Train Sleeping Car 201.
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