DODX Guard Car #G-56

1700 Port Rd., Pine Bluff, Arkansas. County/parish: Jefferson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 28, 2007. NRIS 07000441.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • JE0689

From Wikipedia:

DODX Guard Car No. G-56

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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