Robert
The "Friendship Train" was a project to drum up
support for sending food to the starving peoples of
Europe after WW II. I have some info on it, but I
can't locate it just now. As I remember, each state
was supposed to send a boxcar of food products from
that state (48 cars), to be exported to Europe. The
railroads provided the cars (not all were "dolled up"
like the "Q" car) and provided free tranportation. The
AAR was involved. The train started on the west coast
and picked up cars, until it got on the east coast. I
think, it was sucessful and more than one train ran
later.
John
--- Ken Martin <kmartin@cwia.com> wrote:
> Robert,
> There is a picture of 36262 in Bulletin no.7 on the
> XM-32 boxcars. There
> is no other information to go with it.
>
> As the picture is B&W how are the colors on your
> model laid out? I
> presume red,white & blue but which, do they wrap
> around the end and what
> is the roof?
>
> Ken Martin
>
>
>
>
> robertjrueger wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > This is my first post. I am an O scale modeler
> and my layout models
> > the CB&Q at Grange, Ill around 1954. I recently
> acquired a boxcar
> > that is number 36262, painted red, white, and blue
> and is named
> > Abraham Lincoln Friendship Train C.R.O.P., with
> Lincoln's likeness on
> > the side. I'm trying to get information on this
> Friendship Train.
> >
> > Thanks much,
> > Robert
> >
> >
>
>
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