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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by spbed</i> <br /><br />No on the door & no on the elevator. I know on the FDR airplane used though they also installed a elevator. [:o)][:I] <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />i remember it did have the escape hatch in the roof as well as a secret door in either the bathroom or corridor that lead out of the car. And i believe it was a chairlift, not a true elevator. <br /> <br />edit: according to http://www.goldcoast-railroad.org/magellan.htm ,it had "Two escape hatches were built into the car, one in the ceiling of the observation lounge and one on the side wall of the shower/bath in the Presidential bathroom, near the center of the car". <br /> <br />and in terms of the chairlift they say "At the Navy Yard, a special elevator was installed on the observation platform at the rear of the car to aid the president in boarding the car while in a wheel chair. This elaborate device was removed from the railroad car after the death of President Roosevelt, however, photos of it are on display in the lounge."
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