DODX Guard Car No. G-56

DODX Guard Car #6-56
Manufacturer American Car and Foundry Company
Constructed

c. 1942

DODX Guard Car #G-56
Location 1700 Port Rd., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°13′47″N 91°59′6″W / 34.22972°N 91.98500°W / 34.22972; -91.98500Coordinates: 34°13′47″N 91°59′6″W / 34.22972°N 91.98500°W / 34.22972; -91.98500
Area less than one acre
Built 1950 (1950)
NRHP Reference # 07000441[1]
Added to NRHP June 28, 2007

The DODX Guard Car No. G-56 is a historic railroad car at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It was built about 1942 by the American Car and Foundry Company, and is a rare surviving example of a World War II troop transport, and as a railroad guard car used by the United States Department of Defense in the management of hazardous and valuable cargos that it transported by rail. The car is silver, with a horizontal black stripe on the side.[2]

The car was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for DODX Guard Car No. G-56" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-10.


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