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Pullman "Superb"
Duluth, Ga / Aug 2021 / RWH
Built in March 1911, this Pullman unit is the second-oldest steel private car in existence. Superb was used by President Warren Harding for his 1923 cross-country tour; later it carried his casket in a funeral train from San Francisco, to Washington, D.C., and to Marion, OH. This is a heavyweight car bearing the original floor plan which is a 3 Compartment / 2 Staterooms Lot 3847, Plan 2503. In addition to being used by President Harding the car also served in several other capacities. It was renamed “Pope Pius XI” and painted red in 1926 for the “Cardinal’s Train” between New York City and Chicago. It also carried the name “Los Angeles” during its ownership by Pullman. The Superb was sold to the Charleston & West Carolina Railroad which was merged into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and became their office car 301. Superb #301 was donated by SCL in 1967. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Built in March 1911, this Pullman unit is the second-oldest steel private car in existence. Superb was used by President Warren Harding for his 1923 cross-country tour; later it carried his casket in a funeral train from San Francisco, to Washington, D.C., and to Marion, OH. This is a heavyweight car bearing the original floor plan which is a 3 Compartment / 2 Staterooms Lot 3847, Plan 2503. In addition to being used by President Harding the car also served in several other capacities. It was renamed “Pope Pius XI” and painted red in 1926 for the “Cardinal’s Train” between New York City and Chicago. It also carried the name “Los Angeles” during its ownership by Pullman. The Superb was sold to the Charleston & West Carolina Railroad which was merged into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and became their office car 301. Superb #301 was donated by SCL in 1967. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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Superb plans / Daniel Osborne collection
Duluth, Ga / Aug 2021 / RWH
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Central of Georgia #405
baggage / Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
from Central of Georgia Passenger Passenger Equipment Diagram Book
/ collection
Central of Georgia #527
Pullman coach (1924) / Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
from Central of Georgia Passenger Passenger Equipment Diagram Book
/ collection
This coach was built for the Central of Georgia in 1924 by Pullman. It operated on interline name trains Flamingo, Dixie Limited, and Seminole. A heavyweight car seating 60, it was donated to the Museum in 1966.
Clinchfield #112
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
This car was built for L&N as baggage car number 1416 and was later converted to a “bar car” in 1970 for use on Clinchfield Railroad excursions in 1970. It was donated in 1993 and serves as our meeting and party car.
New Georgia #1104
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
New Georgia #1111
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
3780 (1104) – Passenger Coach – Southern Railway
Pullman built this heavyweight coach in 1922 for CNO & TP with seating for 72. The original interior is preserved, including “walkover” seats with movable backs. It was donated in 1959.
651 (1111) – Passenger Coach – Central of Georgia
Built in 1937 by Bethlehem Steel with seating for 66, it ran in joint service with Illinois Central on Chicago-Florida trains. This is a lightweight car and is the sole survivor of its type. It was donated in 1968.
Amtrak #2092
Budd Slumber Coach (1959) / Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Built by Budd in 1959 for the NYC 20th Century Limited number 10802, it was later sold to NP, renumbered as 335, and named Loch Arkaig in 1964. It passed into Amtrak service through Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
Southern Railway #1212
Pullman coach (1917) / Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
from The Southern Railway Handbook
- Aubrey Wiley and Conley Wallace / collection
Duluth, Ga / Oct 2021 / RWH
Southern Railway #1701 "Grand Junction"
Railway Post Office and baggage car / Duluth, Ga / Aug 2021 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Aug 2021 / RWH
from The Southern Railway Handbook
- Aubrey Wiley and Conley Wallace / collection
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Southern Railway #3168
Pullman diner (1926) / Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
from The Southern Railway Handbook
- Aubrey Wiley and Conley Wallace / collection
This car was built by Pullman in 1926 with original seating for 36. It was rebuilt in 1948 to accommodate 48-seat cafe-style service. The original kitchen is intact. It was donated in 1971.
Southern Railway #4529
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
See also our complete Southern Railway Passenger Equipment scrapbook in Mainlines
Southeastern Rwy Museum #307
business car / Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Feb 2018 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
ATAX #357
commissary car / Duluth, Ga / Feb 2018 / RWH
Feb 2018 / RWH
"Marco Polo"
Norfolk Southern #30 "Marco Polo"
business observation car / Duluth, Ga / Nov 2020 / RWH
Duluth, Ga / Nov 2020 / RWH
Article
Norfolk Southern gifting historic Marco Polo railcar to Southeastern Railway Museum
November 9, 2020
Norfolk Southern Corporation is gifting the historic Marco Polo rail car, a car President Franklin D. Roosevelt used while in office, to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia.
The Pullman Company built the Marco Polo in 1927 as part of a small fleet of cars named for world explorers, reserving them for VIPs who chartered their own railcar. Roosevelt traveled in the car when he was governor of New York and later as president, using it on trips to and from Warm Springs, Georgia.
The car is scheduled to arrive at the museum at 11 a.m. on Nov. 14, and a brief unveiling ceremony will follow.
The museum plans to display the car on its 35-acre campus alongside the Superb, a Pullman car used by President Warren G. Harding.
“The Marco Polo is a critical piece of railroad history, and we are honored Norfolk Southern has entrusted us to help preserve the railcar and its story for future generations,” said Sue Kelly, interim executive director of the Southeastern Railway Museum. “Railroads played an invaluable role in transporting presidents across the country. President Roosevelt had a unique connection to Georgia, and on his trips to Warm Springs, he regularly passed through Duluth and by what is today the museum, and we’re excited to welcome the car back home.”
The car also transported many dignitaries over the years, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, the wife of China’s wartime president. She used the Marco Polo during a United States tour in 1943.
“The Marco Polo holds a unique place in Norfolk Southern history, and we couldn’t think of a more appropriate location for the car to be displayed than at the Southeastern Railway Museum,” said John Friedmann, Norfolk Southern VP Network Planning & Optimization. “As we move our headquarters to Atlanta, forging relationships with surrounding communities like Duluth and organizations dedicated to preserving railroads like Southeastern Railway Museum will be critical to making Atlanta feel even more like home.”
The Central of Georgia, a Norfolk Southern predecessor railroad, bought the car in 1944 and converted it into an office. The Southern Railway assumed ownership of the car in 1963 after it merged with the Central of Georgia.
Over the years, the railroad has displayed the car, which was later renamed the Savannah, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and at Union Station in Washington, D.C. For more than 25 years, Washington commuters walked past the Marco Polo, most not knowing the railcar’s history as a predecessor to Air Force 1.
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