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Story of the Pullman Car, The Joseph Husband 1917 Hard Cover
The Story of the Pullman Car By Joseph Husband
161 Pages
Hard Cover Dark blue
Copyright 1917
How a great American idea was conceived; developed by aiming at public service, and carried to success by efficiency.
Illustrated
SINCE those distant days when man's migratory instinct first prompted him to find fresh hunting fields and seek new caves in other lands, human energy has been constantly employed in moving from place to place. The fear of starvation and other elementary causes prompted Ale earliest migrations. Conquest followed, and with increasing civilization came the establishment of constant intercourse between distant places for reasons that found existence in military necessity and commercial activity.
For centuries the sea offered the easiest highway, and the fleets of Greece and Rome carried the culture and commerce of the day to relatively great distances. Then followed the natural development of land communication, and at once arose the necessity not only for vehicles of transportation but for suitable roads over which they might pass with comfort, speed, and safety. Over the Roman roads the commerce of a great empire flowed in a tumultuous stream. Wheeled vehicles rumbled along the highways-heavy springless carts to carry the merchandise, lightly rolling carriages for the comfort of wealthy travelers.
The elementary principle still remains. The wheel and the paved way of Roman days correspond to the four-tracked route of level rails and the ponderous steel wheels of the mighty Mogul of today. In speed, scope, capacity, and comfort has the change been wrought.
The English stagecoach marked a sharp advance in the progress of passenger transportation. With frequent relays of fast horses a fair rate of speed was maintained, and comfort was to a degree effected by suspension springs of leather and by interior upholstery.
An interesting example of the height of luxury achieved by coach builders was the field carriage of the great Napoleon, which he used in the campaign of 1815.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I The Birth of Railroad Transportation 1
II The Evolution of the Sleeping Car 19
III The Rise of a Great Industry 39
IV The Pullman Car in Europe 61
V The Survival of the Fittest 73
VI The Town of Pullman 89
VII Inventions and Improvements 99
VIII How the Cars are Made 123
IX The Operation of the Pullman Car 133
Index 159
ILLUSTRATIONS
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George Mortimer Pullman Frontispiece
One of the earliest types of American passenger car8
First locomotive built for actual service in America9
Early passenger carsII
American " Bogie " car in use in 183512
Cars and locomotive of 1845 14
Car in use in 1844 20
Car of 1831 21
Midnight in the old coaches23
" Convenience of the new sleeping cars " 24
Early type of sleeping car 28
J. L. Barnes, first Pullman car conductor 32
One of the first cars built by George M. Pullman 42
The car in the daytime 42
Making up the berths 42
George M. Pullman explaining details of car construction 46
One of the first Pullman cars in which meals were served 52
The first parlor car, 1875 58
Interior of Pullman car of 1880 64
The rococo period car 68
More ornate interiors 74
The latest Pullman parlor car 76
First step in building the car 84
Fitting the car for steam and electricity 90
Work on steel plates for inside panels 90
Preparing the steel frame for an upper section 94
Sand blasting brass trimmings 94
Machine section, steel erecting shop 100
Fitting up the steel car underframe 100
Making cushions for the seats 104
Making chairs for parlor cars 104
Making frame end posts 106
Assembling steel car partitions 106
The vestibule in its earliest form 108
Axle generator for electric lighting 110
The sewing room, upholstering department 114
Forming steel parts for interior finish 118
Forming steel shapes for interior framing 118
Punching holes for screws 124
Shaping steel panelling 124
Riveting the underframe 126
Steel end posts in position 126
Type of early truck 128
Modern cast-steel truck 128
Ready for the interior fittings 130
Interior work 130
Pullman sleeping car, latest design 134
Front end of a private car dining room 136
Rear end of a private car dining room 136
Robert T. Lincoln, ex-President 138
Bedroom of a private car 142
Observation section of a private car 142
Modern Pullman steel sleeping car ready for the night 146
Modern Pullman steel sleeping car during the day 146
Cleaning and disinfecting the Pullman car 152
John S. Runnells, President 156
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