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Roald Amundsen
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pullman Company· preserved American private railroad car
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SD-Roald Amundsen Pullman Private Railroad Car 1928: Tony the Marine ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Roald Amundsen Pullman Private Railroad Car Bedroom: Richard N Horne· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Roald Amundsen Pullman Private Railroad Car Salon: Richard N Horne· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Roald Amundsen Pullman Private Railroad Car set for Christmas Dinner: Richard N Horne· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Roald Amundsen Pullman Private Railroad Car (16551077744): Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
Named after the Norwegian explorer, the Roald Amundsen is a former Pullman Company private car; the last of six Explorer-series cars built between 1927 and 1929 for the Pullman Company's pool of passenger cars. It was frequently used as the United States Presidential Rail Car, and was used for every president from Herbert Hoover through Dwight Eisenhower. During World War II, sister car Ferdinand Magellan was rebuilt as the official presidential private car; after the war, the Roald Amundsen was surplus to the Pullman Company's requirements and was sold, and became a business car for the New York Central Railroad.
spec sheet
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- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pullman Company
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- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q89137926, Wikipedia: Roald Amundsen (railcar) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.