The Tennessee Valley Voiture 1012 of the Societe des forty et eight (a civic organization)

 was organized in Huntsville in 1947. The "train" (a school bus chassis) was purchased from Hill Chevrolet

 in 1948 and taken to Birmingham and converted to a "parade locomotive" in the summer of 1948.

 Over the next 40 years the train was used in parades and special events all over the Huntsville area.

 The train was often seen at the Voiture buildings on Pulaski Pike (near today's Home Depot) and on Jordan Lane.

I am looking for more train pictures. Please email lance@huntsvillerewound.com

1968 ad for Haysland Square

The train in 2011 at the North Alabama Railroad Museum

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