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The Georgia 300 is a privately owned railroad car owned by John H. "Jack" Heard of Florida . It has been used by several recent presidents for various campaign related Whistle S...

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The Georgia 300 is a privately owned railroad car owned by John H. "Jack" Heard of Florida. It has been used by several recent presidents for various campaign related Whistle Stop Tours.

History

Georgia 300[1][2] is a heavyweight observation car built by the Pullman Standard Co. shops in 1930.[1][3] Sporting a Packard blue-with-silver striping livery, the train car operated as a lounge car named the General Polk on the New Orleans-New YorkCrescent Limited (operated by the L&N, West Point Route, Southern, and Pennsylvania[4]). It was later purchased by the Georgia Railroad, reconfigured, and renamed Office Car 300. The Georgia Railroad used the car in trips to venues such as the Masters Tournament and the Kentucky Derby.[2] It was retired in 1982, after the merger of Georgia Railroad and Family Lines rendered it surplus.[1][2][3]

Private ownership

Heard, who passed away June 26,2026 owned a rail yard in Orange Park, Florida, purchased the car in 1985 and made a series of refurbishments in 1986, 1989, 1995, 2000[1][3] and 2008. The car has a dining room, an observation lounge, one master bedroom, two additional bedrooms, two bathrooms with showers, a section lounge, crew quarters, and kitchen.[1][3] It is equipped for use on most Amtrak trains and other private venues.[5][6]

In 2020, the car was loaned to U.S. Sugar Corporation, which used it in excursion service as part of their heritageSugar Expresstouristpassenger train.[7]

U.S. presidents

Barack Obama aboard the Georgia 300 on January 17, 2009

El Georgia 300 ha recibido o transportado a los presidentes George H. W. Bush , [ 8 ] Bill Clinton , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] y Barack Obama . [ 3 ] En 2004, el candidato presidencial demócrata John F. Kerry y su compañero de fórmula, el senador John Edwards , viajaron a bordo del vagón desde St. Louis, Missouri , hasta Kingman, Arizona, en la gira Believe In America Train Tour que siguió a la Convención Demócrata de 2004 en Boston . [ 3 ]

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Georgia 300 (800111) (AAPRCO - Asociación Estadounidense de Propietarios Privados de Vagones de Ferrocarril)" . Archivado del original el 18 de mayo de 2011. Recuperado el 20 de enero de 2009 .
  2. 1 2 3 "Vagones privados que asistieron a la Convención de 2002" . Consultado el 18 de enero de 2009 .
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rasmussen, Frederick N. (16 de enero de 2009). "El vagón de tren que Obama supuestamente usa tiene una larga trayectoria presidencial: el Georgia 300 ha servido a los presidentes Carter, George H. W. Bush y Clinton" . Baltimore Sun. Recuperado el 17 de enero de 2009 .
  4. ↑ Ferrocarril del Sur, Ties (revista de la empresa) , julio-agosto de 1972: La Media Luna del Sur
  5. ↑ "La experiencia del coche privado: experimenta un poco de magia" . Archivado del original el 8 de febrero de 2009. Consultado el 20 de enero de 2009 .
  6. ↑ "Alquilar un coche: algunas cosas que debes saber" . Archivado del original el 18 de febrero de 2009. Consultado el 20 de enero de 2009 .
  7. ↑ Lynch, Kelly (17 de enero de 2022). "Construyendo un tren turístico de primera clase" . FMW Solutions LLC . Archivado del original el 9 de febrero de 2022. Recuperado el 5 de marzo de 2022 .
  8. ↑ "El vagón de tren de Obama haciendo historia" . The Washington Times . Consultado el 20 de enero de 2009 .
  9. ↑ "POTUS* Especial a Michigan City, Indiana 1996" . Archivado del original el 11 de julio de 2011. Consultado el 20 de enero de 2009 .
  10. ↑"Central Virginia Railfan Page POTUS Special trip report Special edition of the Mid-Week Report August 25, 1996". Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  • AAPRCO - American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners
  • Amtrak 170 Leads Train #3 West, With The Georgia 300 on June 16, 2008 uploaded to YouTube by user Treyvs
  • Obama's Whistle Stop Tour Train video clip showing the inspection/security train, Obama's train, and the follow-up inspection/security train with Amtrak business car Beech Grove on it.