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==History== When passenger trains were still the preferred mode of intercity transportation in America, observations often were used by those campaigning for public office, especially for the [[POTUS|Presidency of the United States]] such as [[Ferdinand Magellan Railcar#Presidential use|United States Railcar No. 1, the ''Ferdinand Magellan'']]. On a [[whistle stop train tour]] the candidate's train would pull into town and stop with the observation end at the station, then the candidate would appear on the observation platform to deliver his "[[stump speech (politics)|stump speech]]". The observation platform made a perfect temporary stage for just such an event. Like political candidates, famous personalities such as members of a royal family or [[film]] stars would use the open observation car end as a stage from which they would greet well-wishers and fans during public tours. In more recent years, presidents [[Jimmy Carter]], [[George H. W. Bush]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Barack Obama]] have used a heavyweight observation car built by the [[Pullman Company|Pullman Standard Company]] in 1930.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Train car Obama said to be using has long presidential pedigree | url = http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/politics/government/presidents-of-the-united-states/jimmy-carter-PEHST000385.topic | date = January 16, 2009 |first= Frederick N. |last=Rasmussen | newspaper = Baltimore Sun }}</ref> This car is the [[Georgia 300]].
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