An early Pullman sleeping car American Science and Invention The holiday season just started and, like many of you, I’ve already spent way too much time in crowded airports, cramped airplane ...

George Pullman was one of Chicago’s greatest industrialists, ... The onetime Colorado gold broker developed the “palace car” sleeper in 1864, which brought luxury to the middle class, ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Pullman sleeping cars, the team of black porters and maids catered to passengers' every whim. - Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and George Pullman hired them.

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.

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 ...

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 ...