Building a Pullman Car

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 notes that the company had built 41,120 passenger cars in the previous 50 years, or a little more than two cars a day.

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I’ve previously estimated that these little booklets were published in 1930. This one seems to confirm that as it cites data from 1929 as the most recent year available.


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