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His final journey home

2018-12-07 15:57 GMT+8
 
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1 / 6   A special funeral train carrying former U.S. President George H. W. Bush arrived at his final resting place of College Station, Texas on Thursday. /VCG Photo

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2 / 6   Train No. 4141, named for the 41st president, traveled from a Union Pacific Railway facility in Spring, Texas and slowed down through a few towns along its way, where thousands of mourners gathered to see it go by. /VCG Photo

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3 / 6   People waved flags as the train passed by. Bush's casket was visible from the large windows on both sides of the train car. /VCG Photo

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4 / 6   Bush was later interred near his wife Barbara and their daughter Robin on the grounds of his presidential library on the Texas A&M University campus. /VCG Photo

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5 / 6   The former president had memories of sleeping on trains when travelling with his family as a child. In the unveiling of the No.4141 in 2005, he said, "If I had one of these when I was president, I might have left Air Force One behind." /VCG Photo

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6 / 6   The former U.S. president died on November 30 at the age of 94. /VCG Photo

 
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