The party invited by GEORGE M. PULLMAN, the proprietor of the Palace Sleeping Cars, to test the practicability of establishing a line of hotel cars between New York and the Rocky Mountains, left ...

There will be restored Pullman rail cars on display at the 111th Street ... New this year is a 100th anniversary celebration for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the nation’s first ...

in 1865, a train carried the President's body from Washington D.C. to Springfield, Illinois. Behind the funeral procession, a Pullman sleeping car offered comfortable quarters for several dignitaries.

Jensen owns his own 1923 Pullman sleeper passenger car that he uses to cater events and charters. The Washington Post via Getty Images Very few utilize the program due to cost restraints.

Records of the Pullman Company, manufacturers and operators of railroad sleeping cars. Pullman also manufactured hospital and dining cars at its Chicago facilities. Dating from 1867 to 1982 (bulk 1900 ...

Pullman sleeping cars’ high-quality customer service required porters to tote luggage, serve food, shine shoes, wake passengers, clean berths, make beds, comfort crying babies and perform myriad ...

In 1867, just two years after the Civil War, Pullman, a Chicago business owner, began hiring Black men to serve white passengers in his company’s luxury railroad sleeping cars. Pullman’s ...

Railroad dome cars are a gleaming symbol of postwar passenger train status. The streamliner era in North America bookended the World War II era in the U.S., since new streamlined passenger cars ...

The roots of the Brotherhood’s struggle extend back to industrialist George Pullman and his vision for luxury rail travel. In the late 1860s, Pullman began developing kitted-out sleeper cars replete ...

The luxury and elegance of mid-century rail travel might seem like a thing of the past, but it’s alive and well here in the Hudson Valley. Hudson River Rail Excursions offers day trips featuring fine ...

Now all I need is an extra $150,000 with nothing better to do with it. Hey, that’s $385,000 less than the Pullman sleeper car! Tri-Power Trivia will return next week, I promise.

Pullman Palace Car Co. Donor Pullman-Standard Names Lincoln, Robert Todd Pullman, George M., 1831-1897 Topic Freight cars Railroads -- Dining-car service Roomette car Hospital cars Dining cars Hotel ...