Pullman published a dozen “fact” booklets in about 1929; this is number 11 and the only one I haven’t previously shown here. It claims that first-class sleeping car fares in Europe cost almost twice as much as in the United … Continue reading
Pullman developed the roomette in 1937, but by 1950, when it issued this brochure, most rail travelers had not yet used one since they were only on streamlined trains. Roomettes used the same amount of floor space as a section, … Continue reading
Pullman Facts No. 4 notes that construction of a Pullman passenger car in 1930 required 50 to 60 days, depending on the kind of car. Assembly line methods clearly had not taken hold in the railcar industry. The booklet also … Continue reading
This 1964 brochure lists nine different Pullman accommodations: upper, lower, entire section, roomette, duplex roomette, bedroom, bedroom suite (two bedrooms with the wall between them folded out of the way), compartment, and drawing room. Though the vista-dome North Coast Limited … Continue reading
This 1956 brochure unfolds into a poster showing an array of Pullman accommodations on one side and a history of Pullman cars on the other. Accommodations are shown using the same illustrations as yesterday’s brochure, but the single bedroom and … Continue reading
This timetable-sized booklet presents a full array of Pullman accommodations in the 1950s. These include the section, single bedroom, duplex single bedroom, roomette, duplex roomette, double bedroom, compartment, and drawing room. The booklet even distinguishes between roomettes whose mattresses were … Continue reading
The passenger rail world was rapidly changing when Pullman issued this booklet in 1938. Railroads were buying more comfortable coaches, so budget-minded overnight passengers were more likely to sleep in reclining chairs than expensive Pullman cars. The remaining sleeping-car passengers … Continue reading
This booklet describes the types of sleeping-car spaces available to passengers in the heavyweight era. Just six types are described: the low-cost upper; the slightly more comfortable lower; the section, in which someone bought both the upper and lower for … Continue reading
The second year of Chicago’s Century of Progress Exposition also happened to be the 75th anniversary of Pullman’s first sleeping car, so it issued this booklet praising its new aluminum passenger cars. The silver cover is supposed to remind people … Continue reading
Despite the title, this booklet says almost nothing about the educational value of travel. Instead, it focuses on the huge improvements in comfort and speed provided by the railroads in general and Pullman in particular in the previous 70 years. … Continue reading
