This 50 ft standard steel box car Troop Kitchen Car was built in 1943 by American Car & Foundry and runs on high-speed Allied Full Cushion trucks. In late 1941 the Defense Plant Corporation contracted with ACF to build 800 troop kitchen cars in response to an increased demand to feed thousands of traveling troops. These cars operated in the middle of the troop train so food could be served from both ends. The cars were Spartan but the service was first class. After the war, cars were sold at bargain basement prices to railroads for conversion into boxcars or express cars with eight-foot doors.