The Superb
| Superb | |
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| Manufacturer | Pullman Company |
| Order no. | Lot 3847 |
| Constructed | March 1911 |
| Diagram | Plan 2503 |
| Specifications | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Notes/references | |
Superb | |
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| Location | Duluth, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°59′19″N 84°9′20″W / 33.98861°N 84.15556°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | Pullman Co. |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001560 |
| Added to NRHP | March 9, 1999[1] |
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. In 1926 it was temporarily renamed Pope Pius XI for the Cardinal's Train from New York City to Chicago. Later it was an office car for the Charleston and West Carolina, Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Coast Line railroads.[2]
The car was donated to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia in 1969 and opened to the public in 1995 after a 20-month restoration.[3] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 9, 1998.[1]
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- Railway vehicles on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Buildings and structures in Gwinnett County, Georgia
- Warren G. Harding
- Train-related introductions in 1911
- National Register of Historic Places in Gwinnett County, Georgia
- Private railroad cars
- Transportation of the president of the United States
- Georgia (U.S. state) Registered Historic Place stubs