The Merci Train boxcar was gifted by France to New Jersey in 1949 and went missing in 1958. It has finally been found.

To thank America for its support during the war, France sent a boxcar stuffed with gifts to each state. But in the late 1950s ...

A long-lost gift from France to New Jersey in 1949, once thought to be destroyed, is returning home in April. New Jersey's Merci Train boxcar is one of 49 gifted as a gesture of gratitude for ...

which owns 20,000 with 40% out of hand. Low-Rent Imprimatur. The Interstate Commerce Commission, well aware of the perennial boxcar shortages, has long fought the low-rental rules laid down by the ...

Built in Lyon, France, between 1893 and 1895, the boxcar was used in World War I to transport troops and supplies. Known as a “40 and 8” car, it could carry 40 soldiers or eight horses in ...