Talk:American Freedom Train

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To-do list	Pending tasks for American Freedom Train:	(purge cache –  edit this list)
	Add the rest of the station stops for both trains (moved to subpages) Add photos and route maps of both trains Expand the history of both trains
See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Todo

[edit] Station Stops lists

Since the list for the later train was getting quite long, I've moved it to its own page. This article can now concentrate on the history of the train and its development and execution. slambo 12:08, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)

Both schedules are now on their own pages. slambo 20:14, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Possible plagarism/copyright problem

It looks as if the majority of the body text of this article is lifted straight from http://www.freedomtrain.org/aft_home.htm. Can we verify? Spinolio 22:25, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I can tell you that the text is not a direct copy/paste since I wrote it. I used that site as a reference, winnowing it down to the most relevant facts. It has always been my intention to come back to it with additional references, I just haven't gotten to it yet. Slambo (Speak) 14:28, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Not trying to be a jerk or anything here, but...

From http://www.freedomtrain.org/aft_home.htm: "The American Freedom Train (AFT) was a 26-car train led by one of three enormous steam engines restored just for the occasion. Over a 21 month period from April 1, 1975 to December 31, 1976 more than 7 million Americans visited the train during its tour of all 48 contiguous states. Tens of millions more stood trackside to see it go by."

From Wikipedia: "Over a 21 month period from April 1, 1975 to December 31, 1976 more than 7 million Americans visited the train during its tour of all 48 contiguous states. Millions more stood trackside to see it go by."

From http://www.freedomtrain.org/aft_home.htm: "The display cars were filled with over 500 precious treasures of Americana. Included in these diverse artifacts were George Washington's copy of the Constitution, the original Louisiana Purchase, Judy Garland's dress from The Wizard of OZ, Joe Frazier's boxing trunks, Martin Luther King's pulpit and robes, and even a rock from the moon."

From Wikipedia: "Within the train's 10 display cars were over 500 precious treasures of Americana. Included in these diverse artifacts were George Washington's copy of the Constitution, the original Louisiana Purchase, Judy Garland's dress from The Wizard of Oz, Joe Frazier's boxing trunks, Martin Luther King's pulpit and robes, and even a rock from the moon."

I'm not saying that it needs to be changed, but at least we should send the page's author the WP:BRP Spinolio 16:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)