Former President George H.W. Bush laid to rest in Texas

Updated: 2018-12-07 10:55
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Spectators cheer and wave flags as the Union Pacific funeral train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas, US, December 6, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]

LOCOMOTIVE 4141

Following the funeral service, Bush's remains were taken by train some 80 miles (130 km) northwest to College Station for the burial alongside his wife, Barbara, who died in April, and their daughter Robin, who died of leukemia at age 3 in 1953.

Residents of small towns along the route gathered to wave at the train, a Union Pacific Corp locomotive numbered 4141 and bearing the name "George Bush 41" on the side, as it passed.

Bush, a US Navy aviator who narrowly escaped death when he was shot down by Japanese forces over the Pacific Ocean during World War Two, was honored with a 21-plane flyover in a "missing man" formation before he was carried to his gravesite for a private interment.

A light rain that had fallen for much of the day in College Station ended just before the train carrying his body pulled into the station.

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