The story of the Pullman car . The steel parts used for interior car finish are all standardized,and are formed by powerful presses. Another large press at work on the forming of steel shapes forthe interior framing of the cars Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS The present method of heating an entire train withsteam from the locomotive was satisfactorily testedout in the winter of 1887, and was generally adoptedthe following year. By this improved system theindividual heaters in each car were abolished, anda source of much discomfort and complaint wasr
The story of the Pullman car . The steel parts used for interior car finish are all standardized,and are formed by powerful presses. Another large press at work on the forming of steel shapes forthe interior framing of the cars Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS The present method of heating an entire train withsteam from the locomotive was satisfactorily testedout in the winter of 1887, and was generally adoptedthe following year. By this improved system theindividual heaters in each car were abolished, anda source of much discomfort and complaint wasremoved. The Pullman cars were immediatelyaltered to benefit by the new system. [»9l Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® VIIIHow the Cars are Made Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER VIII HOW THE CARS ARE MADE IN former chapters has been told the story of thebirth of the Pullman car and its developmentthrough the various phases of its evolution. Gen-erally speaking, this evolution for the first fortyyears was characterized chiefly by the addition, atone time or another, of certain inventio
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