In an effort to make train travel more affordable, Pullman introduced what it called the Coach-Sleeper in 1940. The car contained ten semi-private rooms, half seating/sleeping three people and half six people. This meant a single car could accommodate 45 … Continue reading
This three-page article promoting Pullman’s Train X appeared in 1948, eight years before the train itself was first inaugurated. The article is by Robert Young, known as “the daring young man of Wall Street” and as someone who embraced innovations … Continue reading
Here’s a big (8-1/2″x11″) brochure touting the benefits of Train X, Pullman-Standard’s entry into the ultra-lightweight passenger train race that took place in the late 1950s. As previously related here, only two railroads–the New York Central and New Haven–purchased versions … Continue reading
In the eight years after the end of the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair, a world war had introduced many new technologies, an increasing number of railroads had purchased Budd stainless steel passenger trains, the development of dome cars was … Continue reading
This is Pullman’s contribution to literature about the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair. It’s dated 1940; the 1939 brochure was much smaller and lacked any photos of the fair itself, no doubt because it was prepared before much of the … Continue reading
Pullman was the dominant passenger car manufacturer in the first half of the twentieth century, and it had a near-monopoly on sleeping car operations. This booklet describing the Pullman exhibit at the 1939 New York World’s Fair reveals how such … Continue reading
Roomette. Section. Double bedroom. Compartment. Drawing room. All these sleeping car accommodations sound alike. The 1948 brochure from the Pullman Company attempts to explain through cutaway drawings how they all differ. Click image to download this 16.5-MB PDF of this … Continue reading
