Hospital Ward Table Car

American Car and Foundry Company
St. Charles, MO
September 1943

Five coaches were rebuilt into hospital cars for the U.S. Army during World War II. Hospital cars were designed to carry wounded soldiers from hospital ships to military hospitals across the U.S. The cars had to handle the 30,000 wounded soldiers projected to return to the States each month in 1944 and 1945.

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Steamtown National Historic Site, STEA 915