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DODX Guard Car No. G-56

Coordinates: 34°13′47″N 91°59′6″W / 34.22972°N 91.98500°W / 34.22972; -91.98500
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DODX Guard Car #6-56
ManufacturerAmerican Car and Foundry Company
Constructedc. 1942
DODX Guard Car #G-56
DODX Guard Car No. G-56 is located in Arkansas
DODX Guard Car No. G-56
Location in Arkansas
DODX Guard Car No. G-56 is located in the United States
DODX Guard Car No. G-56
Location in United States
Location1700 Port Rd., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates34°13′47″N 91°59′6″W / 34.22972°N 91.98500°W / 34.22972; -91.98500
Built1950 (1950)
Built byAmerican Car and Foundry Company
NRHP reference No.07000441[1]
Added to NRHPJune 28, 2007

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.[2]

The car was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for DODX Guard Car No. G-56". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-10.