From the archives... AFT at Rochester's Regional Market

In 1975 and 1976, the American Freedom Train toured the United States behind steam power.  Rochester was a stop and the train was on display at the Rochester Regional Market in Henrietta, NY.    The AFT was at the Market from May 7-12, 1975.    The engine #1, ex-Reading T-1 #2101, is seen here in an image from the Charles Belt Collection of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum.

According to this timeline, the train traveled to Cleveland, OH following the Rochester stop where there was finally time to give the engine, "a proper paint job."  The auxiliary tender seen behind #1 above appears to be in primer.   The timeline also states that at Cleveland, "Artist Bob Lorenz gives the former #2101 the second of three paint schemes she will wear during her Bicentennial journeys."

And more to come... From the archives...