Ferdinand Magellan Railcar

The Ferdinand Magellan Railcar is a passenger coaches in the United States.

History

Named after the Portuguese navigator and was built in 1928 railway cars of the Pullman Palace Car Company served from 1943 to 1958 the President of the United States as a means of locomotion, which is why he also U.S. Car. No. Is called 1. The car was built in 1927 and remodeled in 1943 for Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential car. The Ferdinand Magellan Railcar was also supported by the following two Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower, and a few years later again briefly used by Ronald Reagan. The car was recognized on February 4, 1985 as a National Historic Landmark. He is one of about 40 National Historic Landmarks in Florida. Today, the Ferdinand Magellan Railcar is one of the exhibits at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami- Dade County, Florida.