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The ornamental interior of the Pullman palace car. Railroad pioneer George Pullman (1831–1897) designed and manufactured the railroad sleeping car, the Pullman sleeper or "palace car," which ...
Apparently, the president of Illinois Railway Museum also believes it to be the best-preserved Pullman train car in the U.S. These ... part is that the original interior was preserved for the ...
LANDRUM — A new museum inside a Pullman rail car named the ... near North Trade Avenue is nearly complete. The rail car's 800-square-foot of interior space will feature exhibits on the history ...
He was the father of the Pullman's Palace Car Co., which produced the luxury train cars manufactured at his factory on Chicago's South Side, which I've written about many times. "The Perry" was ...
modelled after a luxurious Pullman train car from the 1890s. It features a private bedroom and living room, decked out with $10,000 worth of mahogany, 43 metres of velvet, 152 feet of tassels ...
The restaurant’s interior ... have pioneered rail engineering in the 19th century, but the dining car’s story begins in America. In 1865, engineer and industrialist George Pullman ushered ...