På flere amerikanske jernbanefora er den viste bagagevogn fra spor 61 blevet diskuteret flittigt.

Der er ganske bred enighed om, at den aldrig har været i præsident Roosevelt's tjeneste. Her kendes til gengæld den luksuriøse "Ferdinand Magellan Railcar", som er bevaret i Florida (men næppe har været på spor 61).

Bagagevognen, p.t. mærket "MNCX 02", menes at være en "standard NYC baggagecar" af denne type: http://www.railpixs.com/misc2/exNYC_baggage_CrestlineOh_Dec78.jpg (fotograferet i Crestline, Ohio i DEC 1978).

"Vores" vogn blev i 1984 omlakeret i North White Plains og omnummeret til "MNCX 02" samtidig med, at den blev omdannet til ledsage-/værkstedsvogn i et Metro-Nord hjælpetog, hvor "MNCX 01" var en "double ended electric crane", og "MNCX 03" og "MNCX 04" var de 2 løbevogne (fladvogne).

Andetsteds står direkte at læse:

"MNCX *METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD. An interesting but false report involving MNCX has been popping up on the news. MNCX baggage car 002 supposedly was found on a unused track under the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. It was reported on the Discovery Channel and Fox Television News that the car was used to carry the Pierce Arrow limosine owned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Because he could not walk, FDR supposedly rode in the limo inside this car to the Waldorf Astoria when travelling to New York. The limo would be driven from the car and onto an elevator which would lift it to the hotel at street level. The car was armour plated, had exceptionally heavy trucks for a super-smooth ride, and had bullet proof windows. In truth, 002 is nothing more than an ordinary baggage car."

Kilde: http://www.pwrr.org/rrm/rrmm.html .

Herefter må myten om vognen siges at være punkteret. Men at hotellet har haft "sit eget sidespor", og har brugt det, er uomtvisteligt.

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