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Identifier: storyofpullmancahusb (find matches)
Title: The story of the Pullman car
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Husband, Joseph, 1885-1938
Subjects: Pullman Company Sleeping cars (Railroads)
Publisher: Chicago, A. C. McClurg & co.
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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ion on asharp curve. The action of the flexible connection of thevestibules was perfect. On the return trip the train wasrun at a high rate of speed, and it was evident that thecars were held very firmly together, by the springs at thetop of the vestibules, and that there was much less jarringand swaying than is usual even on a very level track. The list of business men and railroad managerswho made up the party indicates the importance ofthe occasion. It included: George M. Pull-manG. F. BrownT. H. WickesC H. ChappellJ. J. JanesOrson SmithO. W. PotterW. T. BakerH. R. HobartA. N. EddyJesse SpaldingFrederickBroughton W. P. NixonJohn M. ClarkA. C. BartlettJ. W. HambletonE. L. BrewsterHenry S. BoutellD. B. FiskeWillard A. SmithStephen F. GaleEdson KeithO. S. A. SpragueA. B. PullmanJ. T. LesterH.J.MacFarland (no) S. W. DoaneMurray NelsonA. H. BurleyC. K. OffieldE. T. JefferyProf. SwingW. K. SullivanW. K. AckermanA. C. ThomasJ. McGregor AdamsJ. F. StudebakerP. E. StudebakerT. B. Blackstone
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INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS Rev. S. J. Mc- A. A. Sprague D. S. Wegg Pherson P. L. Yoe F. N. Finney C. S. Tuckerman A. F. Seeberger During the days in which the train was exhibitedat Van Buren street, Chicago, it was visited by ap-proximately 20,000 people. The article continues: This fact shows that the public has a deep interest inimprovements in traveling conveniences. We do notremember that any previous invention or improvementhas ever excited such general public interest. Mr. Pull-man has again struck the popular chord. The first vestibule train to the land of the Aztecs,the Montezuma Special, was naturally of Pull-man construction, and began regular tri-monthlytrips from New Orleans to the City of Mexico andreturn, via the Southern Pacific, Mexican Interna-tional, and Mexican Central Railway, on February7, 1889. Four magnificent cars, electrically lighted,comprised the train. The initial trip of 1,835 mileswas made in about seventy-one hours, and on itsarrival in the City of Mexi

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  • booksubject:Pullman_Company
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