The story of the Pullman car . The frame end posts for Pullman standard cars are made in thissection of the shops. The assembling of the steel car partitions is shown in this picture Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS connecting passage ways to allow for the motion ofthe train, particularly when rounding curves. Theresult of his efforts combined with those of his asso-ciates was the complete solution of the problem andthe establishment of the vestibule train, prac-tically as it exists today. The vestibule patent wasgranted to Mr. H. H. Sessions, of the
The story of the Pullman car . The frame end posts for Pullman standard cars are made in thissection of the shops. The assembling of the steel car partitions is shown in this picture Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS connecting passage ways to allow for the motion ofthe train, particularly when rounding curves. Theresult of his efforts combined with those of his asso-ciates was the complete solution of the problem andthe establishment of the vestibule train, prac-tically as it exists today. The vestibule patent wasgranted to Mr. H. H. Sessions, of the Pullman Com-pany, and covered many important features, andparticularly the arrangement of the springs whichkept the cars in line in a vertical plane. The vestibule was patented in 1887. By its ap-plication the appearance of the train as a unit wasmaterially increased, but of far greater importancewas the contribution which it made to safety. Notonly did the enclosed vestibule afford protection topassengers crossing the platform from one car to an-other, but the entire vestibule construction imme-diately gav
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