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by cultofmetatron 1320 days ago
> Personally I wonder why Amtrak doesn't offer a "Presidential" fare

they should call it "railforce one"

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Cool that you made that connection - the Ferdinand Magellan is an armored rail car that was used by various presidents since FDR, and is on display at a museum near Miami. It's name when the president was on board was "U.S. Car No.1"

The famous "Dewey defeats Truman" newspaper photo was taken on it's platform.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2NNujJKJL4