40 and 8 Boxcars

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http://www.wsrhs.org/mercicar.htm is a website with infomation on many 
cars, unfortunately in need of updating on ours in Virginia.
It's sad to see how  many of the cars were scrapped or destroyed, but a 
good thing that most, like ours were preserved.
Indeed, it's OR. These are much smaller than modern boxcars.

Jeff Cornelius

nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Jerry Kay, et. al.,

>  

> Does anyone know of a resource giving the current status of all of the 

> original "Merci" (40 Hommes/Chevaux) boxcars?

>  

> Although I have often read these cars were called "forty and eights" 

> by the doughboys, I assume it meant 40 men or 8 horses.

>  

> Albert Burckard

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>     Virginia's 40&8 car is located at the Virginia War Museum in

>     Newport News.  It is the featured item in an exhibit called

>     "Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation".

>

>      

>

>     This exhibit commemorates the role of the Hampton Roads region of

>     Southeast Virginia during World Wars I and II as a center of

>     activity for numerous paramilitary organizations and as a hub for

>     the movement of millions of troops. The focal point of the exhibit

>     is the railway boxcar that houses it; one of the finest remaining

>     examples of a "Merci" Train boxcar (40/8) - one "Merci" boxcar was

>     given to each of the States of the Union after World War One to

>     show appreciation of American sacrifices in an effort to help

>     protect France from the Central Powers. It was rededicated after

>     World War Two.

>

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>     Jerry Kay

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