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 Posted - January 15 2014 : 02:17:26 AM
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I inherited an album collection from a family member and was surprised to find this. Someone actually went trackside during the running of the American Freedom Train and recorded just the audio of the train passing in several locations. I turned the recording into mp3 and loaded it on a portable player. I can now plug my mp3 player in to miniature portable speakers that I hide in my G-scale trains for an el-cheapo sound system that sounds really good.
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 03:09:39 AM
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Cool! The previous "Freedom Train" used the third PA demonstrator... albeit painted white and matching the consist of the rest of the train.
I believe that's an album from the early 1970's.
Awesome inheritance!
John
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 1:20:34 PM
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I has one like that Only it was from the Southern Railway 
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 4:31:14 PM
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I still have that album! My dad bought it for me in the gift shop car when we saw the Freedom Train in 1976. Some really nice cuts on that, though my vinyl is a little worse for wear. It's a quadrophonic record, but don't ask me where to find a quadrophonic cartridge now. I'm sure that was a niche audiophile thing back at the time. It would be nice if it had been issued on CD.
We saw it with 2101 on the head end while 4449 was being serviced.
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 8:12:20 PM
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So, to ask the unasked question - where is the Freedom Train now? Was it retired, repainted, sold off?
Jerry
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 8:30:31 PM
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quote:So, to ask the unasked question - where is the Freedom Train now? Was it retired, repainted, sold off?
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â January 15 2014Â :Â 8:12:20 PM
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What? You don't recognize this loco?? O.O
Its Southern Pacific's Daylight #4449 4-8-4!
& the loco was redone in this scheme once again after 9/11/2001
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Posted - January 16 2014 : 02:09:04 AM
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| The gift shop-So that is where it came from. I saw the Freedom Train when it came to St. Louis Mo. It was parked on Wharf St. under the Gateway Arch. I have played the album on my turntable with no problems and used its built in converter feature to turn this in to a CD. I have seen some of the cars scattered about at different locations. If I am not mistaken, some of the consist belonged to Ross Roland. One interesting bit on the album is that the train had both an air horn and a steam whistle. I read somewhere that they installed a whistle from a steamboat. One reason was that the locomotive was originally equipped with an air horn and they had to blow it so often during the tour that the air reservoirs couldn't maintain enough pressure to run the brakes!
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Posted - January 29 2014 : 9:26:21 PM
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i would prefer the 1947/49 version in the red white and blue scheme,rather than the 75/6 version, ken
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/20140129212853_freedomtrain.jpg
http://www.trainweb.org/fredatsf/free47.htm
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Posted - January 29 2014 : 10:31:32 PM
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quote:i would prefer the 1947/49 version in the red white and blue scheme,rather than the 75/6 version, ken
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/20140129212853_freedomtrain.jpg
http://www.trainweb.org/fredatsf/free47.htm
Originally posted by catfordken - January 29 2014 : 9:26:21 PM
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W..O..W... now I like that rain a lot The PA1 on the front doesn't hurt either. From reading the link, this looks like a doable train to make....
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - January 29 2014 : 11:22:17 PM
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4449 belong to BNSF and stays in Oregon.
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 12:03:34 AM
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oh here is the record I has of the Freedom Train on Southern Rwy
Real cool Yes? & yes its in Quadraphonic
But it plays just fine with a regular stereo needle
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 03:18:26 AM
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| So they made more than one album? May have to start a new collection!
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 03:52:58 AM
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quote:i would prefer the 1947/49 version in the red white and blue scheme,rather than the 75/6 version, ken
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/20140129212853_freedomtrain.jpg
http://www.trainweb.org/fredatsf/free47.htm
Originally posted by catfordken - January 29 2014 : 9:26:21 PM
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Awesome link, Ken... I've been looking for good pictures of this Demo PA!
My search has ended.
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 08:22:56 AM
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hi zebrails,in the link you will see this set ken
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 10:00:33 AM
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The T&P 2-10-4 #610 is at the Texas State Railroad near Rusk Texas as a static display.
https://www.texasstaterr.com/engine_info.php
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 12:40:12 PM
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| Bachmann also made the AF train but it had a Liberty Bell & another car with the Moon Landing stuffs in it I think
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 3:55:15 PM
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Here's 2101 as she looked while doing Freedom Train duties in the eastern US.
She burned in in a roundhouse fire in 1979, and is now only suitable for static display.
I like PA's, but I would much prefer steam versions. Ross Rowland was a big part of the Freedom Train project. His office used to be in the old CNJ train station in Lebanon, NJ. I spoke to him there once about volunteering, and he had the whole Lionel / Bachmann Freedom Train set on display on a long shelf.
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 Posted - January 30 2014 : 6:30:57 PM
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oh duuuh  it was Lionel's HO line that had the Moon Rover & Liberty Bell in a car!
not Bachmann
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 11:54:56 PM
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The HO Freedom Train GS4 set was made for Lionel by Bachmann.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 10:47:34 AM
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quote:hi zebrails,in the link you will see this set ken
Originally posted by catfordken - January 30 2014 : 08:22:56 AM
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That's a cool set!I especially like the golden eagle on the side of the locomotive and the coaches. The livery also looks nice.
-Steve
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 10:55:50 AM
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quote:Here's 2101 as she looked while doing Freedom Train duties in the eastern US.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â January 30 2014Â :Â 3:55:15 PM
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note the 2nd tender Thats what I'm looking for in HO A friend needs it 
I believe it was a water tender
I DO want some AFT HO someday
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 1:43:59 PM
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quote:I inherited an album collection from a family member and was surprised to find this. Someone actually went trackside during the running of the American Freedom Train and recorded just the audio of the train passing in several locations. I turned the recording into mp3 and loaded it on a portable player. I can now plug my mp3 player in to miniature portable speakers that I hide in my G-scale trains for an el-cheapo sound system that sounds really good.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â January 15 2014Â :Â 02:17:26 AM
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Great find and ingenious use!
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Posted - April 28 2014 : 01:06:56 AM
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Here is another train related album from the same collection. Album cover is kinda cool.
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 Posted - June 20 2020 : 5:22:23 PM
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Reactivate the thread with some cool YouTube videos.
No album but cool video of the train is just as good.
Edited by - wks on June 20 2020 5:39:08 PM
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Posted - June 20 2020 : 5:48:05 PM
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More cool videos.
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Posted - June 20 2020 : 10:23:04 PM
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Photos from the internet of engine 2101.
Back in the swinging seventies.
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Posted - June 21 2020 : 08:45:10 AM
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| Shame she is rusting away at the B&O RR museum. I believe I have pictures of me with 2101 from 2011 or so
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