Presidential Series James Monroe Presidential Car #5 With Commemorative Button Road #: 1817-1825 40' Standard Box Car, Plug Door, w/o Roofwalk
This 40' standard box car with plug door and no roofwalk is car #5 of a 44-car series representing each of the presidents of the United States. It bears the portrait of our fifth president, James Monroe. The car comes with a commemorative pin replicated from that era. Monroe proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine restricting Europe from colonizing or interfering in the affairs of the newly independent states of the Americas. This was a defining moment in U.S. foreign affairs.