Constructed c. 1942 NRHP Reference # 07000441 Added to NRHP 28 June 2007 | Area less than one acre Year built 1950 | |
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Manufacturer American Car and Foundry Company Location 1700 Port Rd., Pine Bluff, Arkansas | ||
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.
The car was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
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