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Preamble Express Cars 1, 2, 3 & 4 The Preamble Express' 48-state tour in late 1974 helped the AFT Foundation increase awareness of the coming American Freedom Train and validated some routes and display sites. The four cars of the Preamble Express had most recently been with the Lancaster & Chester Railway and still retained large metal plaques from the L&C on their sides (removed before their run on the American Freedom Train). The train is seen here in September '74 at San Francisco on the tracks that once served the Presidio and Crissy Army Airfield -- having earlier passed through the tunnel under Ft. Mason. It's the same picturesque spot where the American Freedom Train would display a year later -- and where the original Freedom Train had displayed in 1948. The tracks are no longer there, but remnants of them remain all along the route back to the Embarcadero. Click on the image for a beautiful wide shot showing the Golden Gate. Click here for more on Car 1. Click here for more on Car 2. Click here for more on Car 3. Click here for more on Car 4.
Image: Keith Muldowney. |
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