What a beautiful gesture, this is what George H.W would have wanted. You know, George H.W was fond of Nebraska and loved trains all his life, I guess that's why he wanted to be buried in one. I think we can all come together and say that he was a patriot and true American. RIP!
>The train was painted to look like Air Force One and even carries the Presidential Seal.
>In recent history, planes have overtaken the role trains once served. But for those of Bush's era, Costello said, the sobriety of the railroads holds greater significance.
>"The train was the way to bring them closure," he said. "It gave ordinary people that opportunity [to say goodbye], ordinary Americans who couldn't drop everything to come to Washington for a week. It's so much more personal, beyond a photograph, beyond just reading a newspaper."