The Combine car was built at the American Car and Foundry Company located in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1913; a custom design given to it by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

[3] Its nickname, the "Jim Crow Car", relates to the Jim Crow laws of pre-1965 United States, which allowed for separate facilities for blacks under the policy of separate but equal.

It is the only preserved two wood side steel car; one of only two ever made.

[3] In 1958 the car was given to the Kentucky Railway Museum by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

[5] During the trips the Combine Car held several different artifacts related to the Chase for its passengers to admire.