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Riding the rails with U.S. Presidents

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Riding the rails with U.S. Presidents
Posted by gmpullman on Friday, January 20, 2017 5:09 AM

Riding the Rails with U.S. Presidents

A recent feature at USA Today! Scroll down while you're at the site to see the slide shows of the Amtrak Stations and vintage Amtrak photos, too.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2017/01/19/amtrak-president-trains/96778962/

 

I replicated one of the scenes where the Churchills and Roosevelts are riding the Ferdinand Magellan to Hyde Park when the Churchills visited the U.S. in June, 1942.

 

From Left: Clementine and Winston Churchill, the porter, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt.

 

Somebody at USA Today must be a rail "enthusiast"!

Have Fun, Ed

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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, January 20, 2017 6:56 AM

Seems like they should have mentioned James Garfield who was assassinated at a train station.  They probably never heard of him.

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Posted by NWP SWP on Friday, January 20, 2017 5:51 PM

I just saw Former Vice President Joe Biden boarding the Amtrak Acela to go back to Delaware!

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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, January 20, 2017 6:16 PM

He's a daily commuter on Amtrak.  I'll say one more thing for Joe, unlike his collegues, he did not make millions on the side as a public servant, unlike many of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle.

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Posted by SS Express on Friday, January 20, 2017 6:32 PM

I wonder how many people who read USA Today even know who Winston Churchill was??

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, January 22, 2017 8:46 PM

BigDaddy
Seems like they should have mentioned James Garfield who was assassinated at a train station.

I live about five miles from his house!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield_National_Historic_Site

I saw a story about Mr. Biden on his Acela ride home from the Inauguration. I'm glad he's an Amtrak advocate.

Thanks, Ed

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