The story of the Pullman car . One of the first cars built by George M. Pullman jE: ; m EC ?/,. Interior of the car. (i) the car in the daytime showing wood stove and fuel box; (2) making up the berths. There were no end divisions, and a thin curtain only separated the berths Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® RISE OF A GREAT INDUSTRY the Pullman work, was felt in the railroad world of theUnited States at that early date, just as it is even morecommonly felt at the present time. At one bound it putthe American railway passenger service in the leadershipof all nations in that parti
The story of the Pullman car . One of the first cars built by George M. Pullman jE: ; m EC ?/,. Interior of the car. (i) the car in the daytime showing wood stove and fuel box; (2) making up the berths. There were no end divisions, and a thin curtain only separated the berths Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® RISE OF A GREAT INDUSTRY the Pullman work, was felt in the railroad world of theUnited States at that early date, just as it is even morecommonly felt at the present time. At one bound it putthe American railway passenger service in the leadershipof all nations in that particular branch of progress, andhas held it there ever since as an object lesson in theillustration of a broad and far-reaching It will probably be interesting at this point todescribe with some detail the Pullman car of thisearly period. In the Daily Illinois State Register,Springfield, May 26, 1865, appears an interestingdescription of one of the new Pioneer type of carsjust installed on the Chicago & Alton Railroad. To the train on the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Rail-r
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