ALCO-GE PA diesel electric locomotive # 1776 led Freedom Train is spotted between the old Central New England Station building and New Haven Railroad Hartford Union Station while at a tour destination in Hartford, Connecticut, ca 1947-1948

            ALCO-GE PA diesel electric locomotive # 1776 led Freedom Train is spotted between the old Central New England Station building and New Haven Railroad Hartford Union Station while at a tour destination in Hartford, Connecticut, ca 1947 - 1948.  A large crowd is present for the tour and it is while controlled by numerous police officers.  The old CNE station building to the left is used for REA business and other railroad activities.  The trains consist was made up of white painted modified heavyweight cars.  Hartford Union Station tracks are located to the right on the viaduct which elevates the track above the nearby busy city streets.  Check out the old car with the PA loudspeaker horns mounted to its roof.  The location where the train is spotted was utilized by various displayed trains over the years.  The road seen in the foreground is Church Street.

The name of the photographer that captured this image on film is I believe Kent Cochrane.  This is a modified, enhanced and cropped photo scan that is from an image that was on the Internet.

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