The US President's Bulletproof Railcar
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- Published on Apr 2, 2018
- US Car Number 1, the Ferdinand Magellan, sits in the Gold Coast Railway Museum in Miami. It's 120 tonnes of bulletproof, armoured railcar: a train carriage designed to move the President of the United States around the country in safety and style. At least, it was, until other transport came along to do a better job.
Thanks to all the team at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum: they're at www.gcrm.org/, or on Facebook at facebook.com/GoldCoastRailroad/ ! [looks like their main site's down at the moment!]
Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
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I realise I said "railway" instead of "railroad" at the end. Apparently I haven't picked up too many American dialect words yet...!
+Caridor - "y" = "ee."
+33kaus holokaust - Trains don't run on roads? What do British trains do? Plow through fields? I see pictures and videos of British trains running on roads made of rails. Roads made of rails (on crossties) are called "rail roads." "Way is an alternative term for a road or path.
+rockyfalldownstairs - British speed bumps are "sleeping policemen."
+rockyfalldownstairs - A "bogie" is anything that is new, not understood, foreign, and hath a devil, like "bogie" for "spark(ing) plug." The đ¸s share this with the Brits: they call a spark(ing) plug "bougie."
+Paul Sengupta - Brits breathe "aero," not "air." They inflate their "tyres" with "aero." Brits think that adding extra vowels: "colour" instead of "colour," "aluminium" instead of "aluminum," etc., makes them superior to the Yankee colonist riff-raff. However, when the going gets tough they don't mind being rescued by the colonials.
'' America '' is not a country. ''United States of America'' yes it is.
The term bullet proof doesn't exist only bullet resistant
I wish more of my country took an interest in history any history I know American history anything war history British Egyptian History I feel you canât know where youâre going if you donât know where youâve been itâs shameful to me that American youth donât even understand geography some of them I fear for the future of my country
Kim Jong Un has joined the chat.
No STOPPING the Trump TRain.. Trump will win BIG in 2020
Widow Wilson's rail car is in the dungeon of Grad Central Terminal in New York City.
How very droll!
Around 4:30 there is a paper with the names of David Livingstone and Roald Amundsen. I presume this refers to the missionary to Africa and the Antarctic explorer. I'm curious the connection between the two and this rail car....
American rails have fallen far it seems, America has resources to build the greatest rails the world has ever seen. Alas...
These god-fearing leaders clearly don't rely on faith when it comes to their own lives...
Hey, youâre in Florida!
Specifically, the Gold Coast Museum.
I'm surprised about the security of this car, after all, they would get out of it and ride in convertible autos.
Great video!
Woah, Tom Scott's still active! :o
2:58 PM
4/14/2019
Very, very interesting Thank You for posting
I didn't knew you visited my city
That train was wicked
Coulnd't you just blow up the tracks?
That's probably the second biggest reason Presidents stopped using rail travel. For every trip, each foot of line had to be inspected and guarded before the train could pass, and other rail traffic had to be diverted to sidings. This was a security and logistical nightmare.
Thx British guy :D
The greatest president. FDR.
Armored train? *blows up bridge, making it fall into water*
Isnât Kim jong un still traveling by train..
Presidential bulletproof rally car!
Does someone said *Rail Force One* ?
Nike was around back then ? Airforce ones
Of course the president would have a phone In 1928
Nice
The train has interestingly the same name as me (Ferdinand)
Magellan i think was a spainard
Outstanding video sir.
Thumbs down for political bias
It's the 1800's and they're using bulletproof stuff for the president. While Kennedy sat out in the open... I dont understand
It was made in 1929
that guy was great
So the wild wild west evil train ?
It's interesting that we, near enough, depend on trains in the UK, while in the US it's all about driving hundreds of miles to the next state
japanese bearings, wow !
This is highly confidential
I, Kim Jung Un Watching you and learning your secrets
Put Rump in there and see if you can blow it up.
Thanks Kanye very cool!
nice to see where the President took a poo
What the Presidential Rail car looks like if they decided to built one today?
Where does the poop go once you flush?
On the tracks.
Is it a bit odd that the surname of a railway museum guide is "Waggoner"?
A great book: FDR's Funeral Train by Robert Klara - Tons of history .. well documented.. Worth the read.
Great video !
We are still a proud nation đşđ¸
Air Force one isnât a thing but a name given to the vehicle that the president rides in. Air Force one is the plane. There would be Marine one for the helicopter. One is President and two is Vice President. They would never ride on the same vehicle.
I want one!
13 or 30?
WTF's an "Awfose"?
Am I the only one who came to the video having seen racecar instead of railcar?
would it be possible to get er up to say .90?
Oh, no special thanks for Cully Waggoner at the end. The guy did a good job showing you, & us, around the train.
I understand you would want to armored a car or a house but why would you armored a train?
Screw you and your opinions ya GOOF.
Just donât get too political mate
I agree, I wish we could get back a little of the old days.
Herbert Hoover needed the bullet proof rail car
5/8 thick steel isnt stopping a 50bmg two stage round
Oooh, tommy boi just called trumps train not "real" enough?
What's dumpy trumpy gonna do about that boyee?
Choo choo donatello, gotta deliver a steamy comeback sooooon right? ;)
Pwease don't let us down again, k? You'd make sumboedy vewwy sad ;(
Train Force One
"I wish we could go back to that. Still keep our cellphones though, I ain't giving that up."
Hard to say that I have actually been to the Gold Coast Railroad Museum. I live right by it!
The name must have been written in Portuguese or Spanish, more correctly.
It's as if we call, Uiliam Checaspeare in Spanish.
Great video
Ayyyy I was there yesterday! :D
Trump must have a new version of a rail train across the USA with bullet proof train at last.
FDR WE COULD USE HIM AGAIN
The guy that was giving the tour is the kind of person ppl from the past would imagine. Love it!
I could definitely see that guy explaining the train as a conductor.
Was it used by Lovelace in Wild Wild West?
If I was President I'd would totally travel by train
"I'm Scruffy, the janitor"
Damn that guy loves trains
The president should ride in a train, not that stupid airplane.
That would make it just a tad difficult to go to places like ... oh, IDK ... London maybe? Or Paris?
So, Rail Force One?
Precious video, but why would you spell "MaJelan"?
That name derives from the Portuguese word MagalhĂŁes which is spelled "MaGAllaes".
So, no "gi" or "je" sound. It would be a "ga" sound.
Bullet resistant
Derail it via destroying the rail
If it was 100% Bulletroof I wanna Put a bomb here
pentagon Rush Bulletproof doesnât equal blastproof.
Do why you hear yanny or laurel
Truman campaigned for reelection by travelling in that train? Surely state resources were not able to be used for partisan use...
Incumbent advantage. Some resources were used.
I thought Ferdinand Magellan Died in Cebu,Philippines.
So cosy... i like it
THIS IS TOO BORING TO WATCH
The museum rep reminds me of Tom Skerritt of "Top Gun" fame.
The President would never be allowed to travel by rail in the US nowadays... the tracks are in too poor of repair for the Secret Service to trust them with the President's life.
Your second sentence shows you know nothing about American railroads.
666k views baby
666,666th view
666k views and 222 dislikes. Interesting...
there are 666k views... more than worrying
They should have put this on the back of the American Freedom Train when it toured the country back in the 70's.
So, could a president request this be reinstated? That'd be 100% amazing to see back in somewhat action
I like the guide, he seems like a nice guy.
Anyone else pick up on the origin of the phrase "whistle stop tour"?
Could you explain what a Double NAT is?
Cully waggoner is drunk
Did you say president? Oh no. Hide from the comments!
*_this is the presidential toilet_*
MUST watch DAVID ICKE now
must see for yourself
Wow, Ferdinand Magellan is one of our heroes in Philippines