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After Bush died on November 30, 2018, UP 4141 was brought out of storage and sent to Houston, Texas, on December 1, 2018. The locomotive participated in Bush's funeral train on December 6, running from Spring to College Station, Texas. [5] After the funeral, the unit was sent to Omaha, Nebraska, where it was displayed from December 9 to 12.
Bush's remains arrived at Ellington Field at December 5, 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time where they were greeted by a military escort, transported to St. Martin's Episcopal Church and laid in repose until the following morning. A second funeral service for family and friends was held at 10:00 a.m. Central Standard Time on December 6.
The EMD SD70ACe locomotive known as Union Pacific 4141 used to transport the remains of George H. W. Bush on a funeral train from Spring, Texas, to his presidential library in College Station for interment on December 6, 2018. Immediately after the national funeral service is completed, the casket travels to its final resting place for interment.
SPRING, Texas (AP) — The locomotive was painted to resemble Air Force One, but George H.W. Bush joked that if it had been around during his presidency, he may have preferred to ride the rails ...
Following the funeral service, Bush's remains were taken by train some 80 miles (130 km) northwest to College Station for the burial alongside his wife, Barbara, who died in April, and their ...
4141 on display at the George Bush Presidential Library. George H. W. Bush was the first president to travel by train as part of his funeral arrangements in almost 50 years, traveling aboard Union Pacific 4141, an EMD SD70ACe which had been painted in Air Force One livery and named in his honor in 2005.
A locomotive painted to resemble Air Force One in honour of George H.W. Bush will carry his casket to its final resting place. Presidential funeral train will be first in nearly 50 years Skip to ...
As the legendary Union Pacific Big Boy towed Locomotive 4141 into College Station, officials revealed bigger plans for the presidential train. Final stop for train that pulled Bush 41's casket ...