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At least one armored diesel locomotive was built by Alco as #10001 for WWI usage, however with the Armistice just 14 days away, it never left the country.
Between 1953 and 1957, the St. Louis Car Company built an armored "White Train" for the United States Department of Energy. It was used for transporting nuclear weapons from the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas to various locations throughout the Continental United States. It consisted of armored transport, escort and support cars. The armored escort cars mounted heavy machine guns and carried armed security couriers from the Office of Secure Transportation. The train was initially painted white. Individual cars were subsequently repainted into different colors to make them less conspicuous, but it continued to be known as the White Train. It was withdrawn in 1987, replaced by newer vehicles which could be marshalled into any freight train. Some of the White Train cars are now preserved at the Amarillo Railroad Museum.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)