The Story of the Pullman Car. Joseph Husband

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George Mortimer Pullman	Frontispiece
One of the earliest types of American passenger car	8
First locomotive built for actual service in America	9
Early passenger cars	11
American "Bogie" car in use in 1835	12
Cars and locomotive of 1845	14
Car in use in 1844	20
Car of 1831	21
Midnight in the old coaches	23
"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