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}} Named after the Portuguese explorer, the ''Ferdinand Magellan'' (also known as U.S. Car. No. 1) is a former Pullman Company observation car which served as Presidential Rail Car, U.S. Number 1 from 1943 until 1958. The current owner Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami-Dade County, Florida acquired it in 1959. The ''Ferdinand Magellan'' was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service on February 4, 1985. ==History== The ''Ferdinand Magellan'' was built in 1929 by the Pullman Company in Lot 6246, Plan 3972B as a private car. It was one of six similar cars constructed in two batches - four on Lots 6037, and two on Lot 6246. They were named after famous explorers: David Livingstone, Henry Stanley, Marco Polo, Robert Peary (on Lot 6037), Roald Amundsen and Ferdinand Magellan (on Lot 6246). After the United States entered World War II, it was suggested by Secret Service agent Mike Reilly and White House Press Secretary Stephen Early that President Franklin D. Roosevelt needed a specially equipped and armored car rather than using standard equipment provided by the Pullman Company. The ''Ferdinand Magellan'' was selected, and the Pullman Company rebuilt the car. The ''Ferdinand Magellan'' became the first passenger railcar built for a President since the War Department had built a special car for the use of Abraham Lincoln in 1865.〔(Abraham Lincoln's funeral car )〕 The other Lot 6246 car, ''Roald Amundsen'' has also been preserved and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ferdinand Magellan (railcar)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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