The story of the Pullman car . lroads were now forced to encourage pas-sengers to subject themselves to this dangerous pro-cedure in order that they might avail themselves ofthe convenience of the dining cars. Attempts had been made at different times to pro-vide a safe and covered passageway between the cars,especially on fast express trains, but nothing of apractical nature had resulted. In 1852 and 1855patents were taken out for canvas devices to connectadjoining cars and create a passage way betweenthem. These appliances were installed in 1857 ona train on the Naugatuck Railroad, in Connec
The story of the Pullman car . lroads were now forced to encourage pas-sengers to subject themselves to this dangerous pro-cedure in order that they might avail themselves ofthe convenience of the dining cars. Attempts had been made at different times to pro-vide a safe and covered passageway between the cars,especially on fast express trains, but nothing of apractical nature had resulted. In 1852 and 1855patents were taken out for canvas devices to connectadjoining cars and create a passage way betweenthem. These appliances were installed in 1857 ona train on the Naugatuck Railroad, in Connecticut,but soon proved to be of little practical use and wereabandoned several years later. But in 1886 Mr. Pullman, realizing the handicapof existing conditions to the full enjoyment of thevarious types of cars which he had established, sethimself to the solving of the problem by devising aperfect system for constructing continuous trains andat the same time providing sufficient flexibility in the[io6] Digitized by Microsoft®. The frame end posts for Pullman standard cars are made in thissection of the shops
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