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Superb, The

Superb, The: “

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{{Infobox_nrhp | name =The Superb
| nrhp_type =
| image =
| caption =
| location= [[Duluth, Georgia]]
| lat_degrees = 33
| lat_minutes = 59
| lat_seconds = 19
| lat_direction = N
| long_degrees = 84
| long_minutes = 9
| long_seconds = 20
| long_direction = W
| locmapin = USA Georgia
| area =
| built =1911
| architect= Pullman Co.
| architecture= No Style Listed
| added = March 09, 1999<ref name=’nris’>{{cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
| governing_body = Private
| refnum=98001560
}}

”’The Superb”’ was used as U.S. President [[Warren G. Harding]]’s personal [[Pullman car|Pullman]] railroad car in a cross-country tour in 1923. After Harding’s assassination, the car returned his body from [[San Francisco]] to [[Washington, D.C.]]. Built in 1911, it is the second oldest steel private car in existence. It had previously been used by [[Woodrow Wilson]]. In 1926 it was temporarily renamed ”Pope Pius XI” for the Cardinal’s Train from[[New York City|New York]] to [[Chicago]]. Later it was an office car for the [[Charleston and West Carolina Railroad|Charleston and West Carolina]], [[Atlantic Coast Line]] and [[Seaboard Coast Line]] railroads.<ref>http://www.srmduluth.org/Exhibits/passenger.shtml#Superb</ref>

The car is presently located at the [[Southeastern Railway Museum]] in [[Duluth, Georgia]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.srmduluth.org/default.shtml Southeastern Railway Museum]

{{National Register of Historic Places}}

[[Category:Registered Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Gwinnett County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Railroad-related Registered Historic Places]]

{{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub}}

(Via Wikipedia – New pages [en].)

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