I was about 7 when I got to tour the Freedom Train as a kid. I’ll never forget seeing a pair of Dr. J’s canvas Converse All Stars. They were huge! Next thing I remember is mom and dad buying brand new $2 bills. Which they still have to this day. I really wish this documentary had a lot more about the exhibits inside that train.

This film takes me right back to being 4 years old, and seeing the train with my folks at the L.A. County Fairgrounds. While I was too young to really grasp the significance, I have memories of the sights and sounds of the locomotive, and the thousands of excited people who lined up to see the exhibit. Somewhere in safekeeping, I have a commemorative coin that my late father bought that evening celebrating the bicentennial and the train's visit. It was particularly cool to see the footage of the train going through San Timoteo Canyon. My family often camped in and around that area in the 1970's, and now, 40 years later, I enjoy driving through that canyon and remembering. To me, the place seems like a time capsule that hasn't changed very much since I was a child. But watching this film tells me otherwise.

I'm not sure why (until tonight) that I FINALLY decided to KZfaq the AFT. I was engineer on that great steam locomotive - the 4449. Insane power behind the steam locomotives, they will run right off the rails if you let them... sorry I'm late to the game. Thank you Lathan.

I was 9 years old when it came to Baltimore MD. Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron's baseball bats and I think uniforms as well. Things from the Apollo, Gemini and Mercury programs. So much American memorabilia.

One of my friends and I rode a bus to see the Freedom Train at age 15 when it came through Ohio in May of '75. It was a long bus ride there and back but it was worth it to have experienced a piece of history. I appreciated it then, but even more now.

Yes, As a captain, I was offered the assignment as the senior Army officer on the Freedom Train in July 1976. As I got married in June 1976, I declined.

I was 6 years old when this came to Tampa, FL. I have vague memories of the experience but it is neat to see today and understand what it as all about. Thanks for posting this.

When this train arrived in Madison, WI in 1976 I had the awesome pleasure of seeing this train.

Doyle! How much we owe him in gratitude!

the Best Friend of Charleston lead her in to Charleston, SC. that train is still around today and will be 100 years old soon.

Aft 4449 blows it's ATSF 6 chime Whistle used in 1974-1990

SP 4449 in her American Freedom Train paint scheme.

9 years old when this awesome train ride right outside our school in North Sioux City,

I bet you guys heard about American Freedom Train 2.0 tour in 2 years with Reading 2100 as AFT 250 and hopefully if BNSF agrees to have SP 4449 pull the freedom train on the BNSF mainline in her freedom train paint

I love this documentary! The intro music is no exception. The adventure here is so breath taking, I can imagine riding this as a kid in the 70's.

I was not alive then I'm 7 now but my favorite trains of the freedom train is SP 4449 and Reading 2101

So remember seeing this with my dad wonderful memories ❤

Aft #4449 blows it's SP&S 700's currently Whistle sound like this union pacific big boy #4014's 2014 Hancock 3 chime

Aft 4449 blows it's SP&S 700's Hancock 3 chime sound like this 1976's Whistle 5:10

Pingu talks with kyle broflovski's voice

I was 15 years old in January 1975 when I rode my bike at 2 in the morning in the freezing cold from my house to the tracks (about 5 miles) in the San Fernando Valley to watch the AFT go by on it's way back from Santa Barbara, CA. It wouldn't be until April 1977 that I would get to see 4449 again on it's return trip to Portland, Ore. after it's duty on the AFT. Note the kids jumping rope while waiting in line at the Pomona Fairgrounds. My how things have changed.

I still own the book that you could get from the train in 1976

Aft #4449 running at cajon pass btw union pacific big boy #4014 at cajon pass april 28 2014

she came to South Carolina in 1976 But the N&W J would have been a better locomotive for the East coast of the United States

Does anybody know how many people walked through the freedom train each day? Just Curious

Sp&s 3 chime Whistle

Saw it in tx when i was in elem school.

God Bless America!

Who else is laughing at the intro music?

anyone know what locomotive was pulling it when it stopped at the old CAMP GRANT in Rockford Illinois? I took my kids through it there, good memories. thank you

Aft 4449 goes to Iowa

0:58 reminded me of #thesinfuldwarf lol same sound effect.

American freedom trains

Aft 4449 going to alabama

I guess 4449 IS the last GS-4, but she isnt' the last GS engine wit 4460 in Kirkwood MO and a wheel off another one in California

What an amazing time to have been alive. When patriotism was true and everyone seemed happy. Today, the general public wouldn't give a damn, and that's if they would even have a train in the first place. Probably not, with all of the PSR bullshite, tying up the railroad, insurance liability/security concerns, etc.

American Freedom Train

4449 blows it's with big boy 4014's original hancock 3 chime whistle

Aft #4449 high speeds fast

Why's it so quiet?

15 years old i seeing on AFT 4449

What loco pulled it through Massachusetts and Maine?

19:46

a locomotiva a vapor 4449 está usando os dois apitos o Hancock long bell 3 chime Whistle foi equipado do sp&s 700 igual a voz da Aline Garcia o atualmente apito e atsf 5 chime Whistle foi equipado do sp 4458 igualmente a voz da Alicinha

Aft 4449 está usando o atualmente apito do SP&S 700 igual a voz da prima aline

But However Only 2 American Freedom Train Display Cars Were Saved! Designated as A.F.T. #'s 40, & 41! Donated 2 The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation 4 Display Never 2 Run Again! But Later Restored 2 Polar Express 2 Rail cars #' s 40, & 41 4 L&N 1992: Polar Express 1992! 2 Pull as Part of the 47 Add On Mins. = 72 Total/2=36+ Remainder 0!

Aft 4449 at Southern Califórnia visit to san Diego

Train goes to Southbound to las Vegas

Sp 4449's whistle it's from sp&s 700

it's sp gs-4 class the AFT 4449

Aft 4449 goes to Southern Califórnia visit in las Vegas

Ins't the 4449's original whistle

Cajon pass

Estados Unidos completou celebrou 200 anos em 2076 o América vai fazer 300 anos

Em 1976

Aft 4449 going to las Vegas

So I'll Win $36/$450 4 The C&O 614 Update so The Engine Can Pull the 41st Anniversary of The A.F.T. in 2017!

Aft gs-4 4449

Sherman peabody the sp gs-4 n°4449