New Jersey ‘Merci Train’ car found, to be restored

New Jersey ‘Merci Train’ car found, to be restored

The “Merci Train” boxcar in 1949. Courtesy United Railway Historical Society of New Jersey BOONTON, N.J. — The long-lost New Jersey car from the post-World War II “Merci Train” has been rediscovered and will be returned to the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey for restoration. The URHS reports the car has been donated by the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. It was found in a Tennessee field in 1993, subsequ…

Long-Long ‘Merci Train’ Boxcar to Return Home to New Jersey

New Jersey’s “Merci Train” boxcar, thought to have been lost and destroyed for over 60 years, has been found and will soon return to the Garden State. The United Railroad Historical Society of NJ announced on March 24 that the car was recently discovered in a warehouse in Kansas City and has been donated to the organization. URHS plans to restore the car and use it as a traveling exhibit and memorial, honoring the sacrifices of soldiers and civi…