• The Ferdinand Magellan, also known as US Car No. 1, was used by US presidents between 1943 and 1954. • It was the president's official transportation in the days before Air Force One. • The car used by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Dwight Eisenhower can still be borrowed.

Long before the primary transportation method for US presidents was Air Force One, they traveled the country aboard a 10-foot-wide train car.

The Ferdinand Magellan, a Pullman car rebuilt in 1942 for presidential use, was the president's official mode of transportation between 1943 and 1954. The car is also known as US Car No. 1.

The armored car was the heaviest railcar ever built in the US after it was fitted with detailed security features and enlarged spaces for President Franklin D. Roosevelt at th

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