. The story of the Pullman car . his 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 se
. The story of the Pullman car . his 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 [106] , ■ i --!• 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 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 gave greater safety
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