Peacekeeper Rail Garrison

Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Car
In service	1990–1991
Manufacturer	Rockwell International
Number built	2
Number preserved	1
Fleet numbers	WECX 1001-1002
Capacity	One LGM-118A ICBM
Operators	United States Air Force
Specifications
Car body construction	St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company
Car length	87 ft (26.52 m)
Width	10 ft 4 in (3.15 m)
Height	15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Weight	550,000 lb (250,000 kg) or 275 short tons (246 long tons; 249 t)
Bogies	4 x 4-wheel
Coupling system	H Tightlock
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison was a railcar-launched ICBM that was developed by the United States Air Force during the 1980s as part of a plan to place fifty MGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles on the rail network of the United States.^[1] The railcars were intended, in case of increased threat of nuclear war, to be deployed onto the nation's rail network to avoid being destroyed by a first strike counterforce attack by the Soviet Union. However, the plan was canceled as part of defense cutbacks following the end of the Cold War, and the Peacekeeper missiles were installed in silo launchers as LGM-118s instead.