Item #31893 America's Bicentennial Queen Engine 4449 "The Lone Survivor" [and] America's Bicentennial Queen Engine 4449 "The Lone Survivor" A Special Commemorative to Our 200th Birthday. Richard K. Wright, Bicentennial, Railroads.
America's Bicentennial Queen Engine 4449 "The Lone Survivor" [and] America's Bicentennial Queen Engine 4449 "The Lone Survivor" A Special Commemorative to Our 200th Birthday

America's Bicentennial Queen Engine 4449 "The Lone Survivor" [and] America's Bicentennial Queen Engine 4449 "The Lone Survivor" A Special Commemorative to Our 200th Birthday

[Bound] with "All Aboard, America" The American Freedom Train 1975-1976 Commemorative Program published by the The American Freedom Train Foundation Inc. [And] ephemera including an amateur 8" x 10" photograph of "Southern Pacific No. 4449 May 1976 Fort Gillem, Georgia; newspaper clippings pasted down on tipped in papers relating to the Southern Pacific No. 4449; brochures; boarding pass; and a typed 1977 introductory letter about the engine written by train historian James Bogle. Oakhurst, California: Wright Enterprises, 1975.

First Edition. Soft cover. Tall soft cover. "America's Bicentennial Queen Engine 4449 "The Lone Survivor" has 44 pages. The second title, "America's Bicentennial Queen Engine 4449 "The Lone Survivor" A Special Commemorative to Our 200th Birthday" has 52 pages. The second title is inscribed to James Bogle by the author May 27, 1976. Both titles are illustrated in black and white. The Commemorative Program "All Aboard, America" has 30 pages and is illustrated in color.

The program, Richard Wright titles, and the ephemera are bound inside stiff brown cardboard covers with a paper title label "The American Freedom Train 1975 1976" on the front cover. James Bogle, former local Atlanta train historian and compiler of this collection writes: "This booklet contains an assortment of information concerning the American Freedom Train which toured the United States during 1975 and 1976 in conjunction with our Bicentennial Celebration. The train was pulled by three different steam engines. When it came to Atlanta in May of 1976, the ex-Southern Pacific No. 4449 was on the head end. It was here for about a week and I hardly missed a day in going out to the Atlanta Army Depot to see it and I made many photographs. It is indeed a very beautiful engine." Very good. Item #31893

Price: $40.00

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