All but forgotten...the press car

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    Today they use airplanes, and the press sends in their reports mid-flight.

    Press cars have gone the way of "Whistle Stops" for politicians.

    President Truman was probably the last President to make extensive use of a train for campaigning.

    The last President to actually use the Presidential Train (Ferdinand Magellan) was President Reagan, in 1984. When he made 5 "whistle stop" speeches in a single day in 1984.

    The press car is dead, because Presidents have not traveled by train in 34 years.

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