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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AFT 202 comes together. |
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AFT
202 drying |
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AFT
202 |
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John
take on cars 203 and 204. |
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Car 202, the Pie Car. |
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204
decaled. |
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204 |
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Car 205 on the tracks. |
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205
comes together. |
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205. |
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205. |
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205. |
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A
pair of 205s. |
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Stock model on top, John's model on bottom. |
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Cameron Station, March 1975. |
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The
train comes together. |
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Test
run! |
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Test
run! |
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Test
run! |
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The
American Freedom Train. |
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In late 2013 it came to John's attention that the AFT Foundation had orginally budgeted for a B-unit diesel to accompany the train and assist the steam locomotives. So he immediately decided to model one in HO scale. Here John is well under way turning a spare E6B into an AFT diesel. |
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The first American Freedom Train B-Unit. | ||
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American Freedom Train B-Unit looking good behind 4449. | ||
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The American Freedom Train B-Unit "MU'ed" to #4449. | ||
