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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 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.
