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tion>Joseph Husband
The Story of the Pullman Car
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066155001
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I THE BIRTH OF RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER II THE EVOLUTION OF THE SLEEPING CAR
CHAPTER III THE RISE OF A GREAT INDUSTRY
CHAPTER IV THE PULLMAN CAR IN EUROPE
CHAPTER V THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
CHAPTER VI THE TOWN OF PULLMAN
CHAPTER VII INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER VIII HOW THE CARS ARE MADE
CHAPTER IX THE OPERATION OF THE PULLMAN CAR
ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| George Mortimer Pullman | Frontispiece |
| One of the earliest types of American passenger car | 8 |
| First locomotive built for actual service in America | 9 |
| Early passenger cars | 11 |
| American "Bogie" car in use in 1835 | 12 |
| Cars and locomotive of 1845 | 14 |
| Car in use in 1844 | 20 |
| Car of 1831 | 21 |
| Midnight in the old coaches | 23 |
| "Convenience of the new sleeping cars" | 24 |
| Early type of sleeping car | 28 |
| J. L. Barnes, first Pullman car conductor | 32 |
| One of the first cars built by George M. Pullman | 42 |
| The car in the daytime | 42 |
| Making up the berths | 42 |
| George M. Pullman explaining details of car construction | 46 |
| One of the first Pullman cars in which meals were served | 52 |
| The first parlor car, 1875 | 58 |
| Interior of Pullman car of 1880 | 64 |
| The rococo period car | 68 |
| More ornate interiors | 74 |
| The latest Pullman parlor car | 76 |
| First step in building the car | 84 |
| Fitting the car for steam and electricity | 90 |
| Work on steel plates for inside panels | 90 |
| Preparing the steel frame for an upper section | 94 |
| Sand blasting brass trimmings | 94 |
| Machine section, steel erecting shop | 100 |
| Fitting up the steel car underframe | 100 |
| Making cushions for the seats | 104 |
| Making chairs for parlor cars | |
