pullman car

[Tom]

Thomas Pullman gave his name to this type of carriage.
Why was it different from ordinary carriages and what was its distinguishing
features?

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Tom Devrell
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[Tom]

Do they still operate today?

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[David Bromage]

Tom (hamme...@optusnet.com.au) wrote:
> Do they still operate today?

In Australia, sort of. There are some operational in preservation,
although much converted. The GSPE is modelled on QR Pullman cars.

There are Pullmans (in name only) in the UK. It's Pullman standard
service, but the cars were built locally.

Cheers
David

[deano]

George Pullman put all his money into building the "Pioneer" carriage.
His success came, when the day after Abraham Lincoln's assasination he
offered the use
of his new luxurious carriage as a funeral hearse to the Lincoln Family. The
offer was accepted
and the rest is pretty much history. After the exposure the carriage got
during the Funeral Procession
from Washington to Chigago the Pullman name was made and success was
assured. It distinguishing features
were luxury and a genteel opulence.

[Graeme Nitz]

Tom

Pullman was a private company that supplied cars to a lot of the US
railroads.

A "pullman" was a car that converts from a coach to a sleeping car by
folding the seats down for the bottom "sleeper" and folding down panels from
above the windows for the top sleeper. Curtains were pulled for "privacy".

You must have seen "pullman" 's in lots of old Yank movies dozens of times.
These are the cars where Laurel & Hardy (or The 3 stooges or .......etc) are
climbing into a curtained off "sleeper" in their nightshirt. It was usually
the wrong compartment with hilatious??? results.

Pullman was broken up in the sixties by the Anti-Monopolies Commision most
of the cars being sold off to the user roads. The manufacturing side
"Pullman Car Company" stayed around till the 70 or 80's before being
absorbed by another builder.

Pullman was so big a town was built to service the new plant built in the
twenties called , you guessed it "Pullman".

No Pullmans as such are in regular service although there are a lot of
Private and Preserved examples.

Hope this has been of help

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Graeme Nitz

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