“How do the Pullman builders manage always to get exactly the best material for every part and detail of the car’s construction?” asks this booklet. The answer is that the company tests everything from paint to steel. But the hidden … Continue reading
Pullman Facts No. 8 describes how heating, lighting, and other services work in a Pullman car. It notes, for example, that each car contained about a mile of copper wire for lighting and electricity. This is why the http://appalachianmagazine.com/islam/ purchase … Continue reading
From candles to kerosene lamps to Pintsch gas burners to various forms of incandescents, this booklet traces the progress of lighting passenger cars. The booklet notes that the incandescent system required batteries and generators stored under the car: when the … Continue reading
Before air conditioning, rail car temperatures was probably one of the greatest sources of complaints for passengers, particularly in the summer. Published just as the Baltimore & Ohio was perfecting a mechanical air-conditioning system (first used in one of its … Continue reading
Bathtubs, step ladders, and automobiles were far more dangerous than Pullman cars, brags this booklet. While 26,000 people died in auto accidents in 1929, only 114 railroad passengers lost their lives in that year, only 8 of whom were in … Continue reading
Pullman Facts No. 3 described the stupendous extent of Pullman operations that used 9,700 Pullman cars to house 64,000 guests per night on average. To supply these people, Pullman maintained a stock of 4.2 million towels, 2.7 million sheets, and … Continue reading
Pullman Facts No. 2 told the history of the Pullman sleeping car, a story the company loved to repeat to show people how good they had it compared to previous generations. The booklet even admits that there were sleeping cars … Continue reading
This is the first of a dozen little booklets about Pullman operations. While they purport to be educational they are really just another form of advertising. Though undated, one of the booklets refers to data from 1929, so they must … Continue reading
In 1949, Budd once again proved itself the most innovating passenger railcar manufacturer with the introduction of the Rail Diesel Car. RDCs were updated versions of the motorcars made early in the century, but after World War II, no other … Continue reading
