July 22, 1973: “The Scranton Flyer” Engine 759, a Nickel Plate Berkshire steam locomotive, returned to the Electric City with a new moniker, the Freedom Train. The train, part of the collection at ...

Many Americans of Generation X and older will recall the red, white, and blue American Freedom Train that was a centerpiece of America’s glorious Bicentennial celebration. But few know that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. America's 250th celebration kicked off in grand style Monday at the B&O Railroad Museum in southwest Baltimore with the ...

FRANCIOTTI GIVES US A LOOK AT THE AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN WAS PULLED BY THREE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. THIS WAS KNOWN AS AFT NUMBER ONE AND IS GETTING A MAJOR COSMETIC RESTORATION. WE LIKE TO SAY WE HAVE THE ...

About 75 persons, many of them alerted by the grapevine that unites railroad buffs, gathered at Penn Central's Pittsfield Junction this morning to view the American Freedom Train as it made a brief, ...

North Vietnam forces were circling Saigon when the "American Freedom Train" rolled into Albany in 1975. The museum-on-wheels was founded by Ross Rowland Jr. to celebrate the country's upcoming ...

During the country’s bicentennial celebration, the American Freedom Train made its way through the United States as a symbol of patriotism and national pride. Now, one of the locomotives used to pull ...