American Freedom Train
Display Car #107
"Sports"

The car carried sports memorabilia of all types. Included were Chris Evert and Billie Jean King's tennis racquets, Gale Sayer's football jersey, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio's baseball bats, Hank Aaron's "714" bat, the Triple Crown Trophy, Joe Frazier's boxing trunks and robe, Leon J. Hart's Heisman Trophy, Johnny Bench's mitt, Arnold Palmer's Masters Trophy, and Bob Lanier's size 20 sneakers among dozens of others.

Originally NYC baggage car #9138.

Photographed at Minneapolis.

Image: John Hill collection

The car was converted to a display car with a moving walkway at Richmond, CA.

According to Head of Security John Manning, the car was outfitted with displays at Pittsburgh.

Right side (engineer's right).

Back at Cameron Station, VA, spring 1977, stripped of displays and car numbers.

Image from the collection of the Squamish Lions Club, BC Canada.

Nelson Winterburn scan.

Left side.

Back at Cameron Station, VA, spring 1977.

Image from the collection of the Squamish Lions Club, BC Canada.

Nelson Winterburn scan.

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