Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Named after the Portuguese explorer, the Ferdinand Magellan is a former Pullman Company observation car which served as Presidential Rail Car, U.S. Number 1 from 1943 until 1958. The Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami-Dade County, Florida acquired it in 1959. The Ferdinand Magellan was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service on February 4 of 1985. As of 2006, it remains the only railroad car on the list of historic landmarks.