''Dinwiddie County'' Pullman Car is a historic

Pullman car In the United States, Pullman was used to refer to railroad sleeping cars that were built and operated on most U.S. railroads by the Pullman Company (founded by George Pullman) from 1867 to December 31, 1968. Other uses Pullman also refers to ra ...

located near Midlothian,

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. It was built in 1926 as the ''Mt. Angeles'' by the Pullman Company; one of thirty cars on Lot 4998, all to Plan 3521A.Madden, items 9617–9746 of Excel file. It is a heavyweight, all-steel sleeping car with ten sections and one observation lounge. In June 1934 Pullman rebuilt it to Plan 3521F and changed the name of the car to ''Dinwiddie'' and again in April 1937 the name was changed to ''Dinwiddie County'', which name it retains to this day. These name changes represent the car's transfer to service on the Norfolk and Western Railway's trains operating to and from Virginia. an
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/ref> The car was sold to the

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in 1965.Madden, item 9617 of Excel file. It appeared in the 1976 television movie '' Eleanor and Franklin'' as the funeral car for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was listed on the

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in 1991.

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* Pullman Company Rail passenger cars of the United States Railway vehicles on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Chesterfield County, Virginia Rail transportation on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia 1926 in rail transport Transportation in Chesterfield County, Virginia Norfolk and Western Railway {{ChesterfieldCountyVA-NRHP-stub

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