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The Superb

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pullman Company· preserved American business car

The Superb, photo 1 of 1
1/1 Elton Saulsberry· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Superb was used as U.S. President Warren G. Harding's personal Pullman railroad car in a cross-country tour in 1923. After Harding's death, the car returned his body from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. Built in 1911, it is the second-oldest steel private car in existence. It had been used by Woodrow Wilson.

spec sheet

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number built
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origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
Pullman Company
top speed
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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 Q7767471, Wikipedia: The Superb (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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