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Almost ready: Work on restoration of Utah's 'Merci Car' reaches its home stretch
Last spring, Utah's "Merci Car" was transported from Ogden's Union Station to Cheyenne, Wyoming, for restoration work to be completed by Mike Pannell's Vintage Rail Restorations. Now, the boxcar — one of 49 train boxcars gifted to the United States by France following World War II — is inching closer to its Junction City return. Originally constructed during the late 19th century, the Merci Car is a "forty-and-eight" boxcar, a name denoting the number of men (40) or horses (eight) that could be contained inside for transport. The boxcars were used by the French Army to transport ...
