President George H.W. Bush waves from the rear car of “The Spirit of America” express during his re-election efforts on Halloween 1992. The impressive 19-car “whistle stop” train trip through the Wisconsin countryside is making a trek up Wisconsin Central’s main line through Sussex, Wisconsin. Toward the middle of the train, UP diner “Overland” is being used for White House communications agency, keeping the president in touch via satellite communication with the four huge white microwave dishes decorated like ghosts and jack-o-lanterns in the spirit of the holiday! Next to the president is first lady, Barbara Bush, along with two of their grandchildren enjoying the train ride from the rear platform of CSX business car “Baltimore.” The 41st president of the United States of America, George H.W. Bush, died on November 30, 2018, at the age of 94.
