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Merci Train Boxcar. Scottsdale, Arizona. This WWI vintage 40/8 train car was one of 49 sent to each state and one shared between DC & Hawaii in 1949. More than forty survive.
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Merci Train Boxcar in Whitesboro, New York. A gift from France in 1949 along with 48 others. This is a 40/8 car from WWI. It carried 40 soldiers or 8 horses.
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New York’s Merci Train 40/8 Boxcar is in Whitesboro, just west of Utica. A 40/8 car from WWI, it bore gifts of gratitude from France in response to the friendship train from the US full of much needed food and supplies after WWII.
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Merci Train 40/8 Boxcar in Whitesboro, New York. One of 49 presented by France in 1949. Each state received one, with the last to be shared between Hawaii and DC. Upwards of 40 survive today.
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40 soldiers or 8 horses fit in one of these rail cars during WWI. Part of the Merci Train which was a gift from France in 1949. Bristol, Tennessee.
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Merci Train 40/8 Boxcar in Bristol, Tennessee. One of 49 presented to the United States from France in 1949 in response to the Friendship Train which provided needed food and supplies after WWII.
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There were 49 40/8 train cars sent from France as a part of the respondent Merci Train. One was shared with DC and Hawaii. (That one is on display in Hawaii). Every other state at the time received one.
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Merci 40/8 Boxcar. Manchester, New Hampshire. It is in a building behind glass, so the reflections are difficult. A whole boxcar shot eliminating glare was not possible. Only the side in French is visible.
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The Merci Train 40/8 Boxcar in Manchester, New Hampshire, is in a protective building on the west side. As such, photography is difficult due to the highly reflective glass. Only one side is visible to the general public.
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Due to reflecting, a whole boxcar view was not possible through the windows up close. Merci Train 40/8 Boxcar. Manchester, New Hampshire.
