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To: azishot
Final farewell to George HW Bush..

George H.W. Bush has begun his final journey today, as his casket will be taken by train 70 miles from Houston to Texas A&M in a clear-sided baggage car that hails from the golden era of railroads. The locomotive of the train was named 4141 and painted to resemble Air Force One The train's sixth car, a converted baggage hauler called 'Council Bluffs,' has been fitted with transparent sides to allow mourners lining the tracks views of Bush's flag draped coffin.....

There, a motorcade will take Bush to his presidential library at the university, where he will be laid to rest at a private ceremony next to his wife, Barbara, who died in April, and his daughter Robin, who died at age 3 in 1953.


260 posted on 12/06/2018 9:43:57 AM PST by caww
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To: caww
Bush in 2005 at the unveiling of the locomotive


261 posted on 12/06/2018 9:46:48 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

Caww, when is the flyover?


262 posted on 12/06/2018 9:49:14 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (:¬| Beep beep....boop boop)
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To: caww

Was gone most of the morning but did see the service at St. Martins. As moving as yesterday’s.

Watching the train and marveling at the amount of people lined up to pay their respects to “41”.


269 posted on 12/06/2018 12:08:12 PM PST by azishot
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