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Merci Train – Cheyenne

a photo feature by Randy Harvey
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Merci!
After WW I France presented several of these 40/8 (40 people or 8 horses) capacity box cars to America in appreciation for our service.

Last autumn Randy Harvey [HARV] took in a Rockies vs Dodgers game and on the way home stopped in Cheyenne, Wyoming to take these photographs for you.
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About the Author

About Randy Harvey (HARV)
FROM: WYOMING, UNITED STATES

I have been in the modeling hobby off and on since my youth. I build mostly 1/35 scale. However I work in other scales for aircraft, ships and the occasional civilian car kit. I also kit bash and scratch-build when the mood strikes. I mainly model WWI and WWII figures, armor, vehic...


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KoSprueOne
HARV, Thanks for sharing. I had no idea this history existed.
MAR 06, 2018 - 08:46 AM
HARV
You're welcome Ko. I've seen two of them. The one in Cheyenne, WY and the one in Little Falls, Minnesota. There are two pictures of the one in Minnesota shown as #17 under "My Feature Articles". I would like to see a few more of them one of these days. Here is a link with a lot of information on all of the cars. The Merci Train Thanks, Randy
MAR 08, 2018 - 02:18 AM
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