One of America's greatest business enterprises, the Pullman Company provided outstanding service aboard a vast fleet of railroad passenger cars that could be found in almost every nook and cranny of the United States. This illustrated history examines Pullman's diverse fleet, from its spectacular custom-built wooden cars of the nineteenth century to steel heavyweight cars in the prewar years and on into the lightweight streamlined era. Author Joe Welsh includes period photos, many in rare color, as well as car diagrams and ...
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One of America's greatest business enterprises, the Pullman Company provided outstanding service aboard a vast fleet of railroad passenger cars that could be found in almost every nook and cranny of the United States. This illustrated history examines Pullman's diverse fleet, from its spectacular custom-built wooden cars of the nineteenth century to steel heavyweight cars in the prewar years and on into the lightweight streamlined era. Author Joe Welsh includes period photos, many in rare color, as well as car diagrams and ads that help trace the development, composition, and evolution of the historically and culturally significant Pullman fleet, including the gamut of sleeper, parlor, and restaurant cars. This is a fitting tribute to the former cultural icons aboard which strode giants of American life, such as Babe Ruth and Clark Gable, as well as first-time travelers from small-town America.
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Add this copy of The Cars of Pullman to cart. $6.12, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Voyageur Press.
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Hardcover. NOT Ex-library. Good condition. Minor shelfwear to dust jacket. Clean pages and tight binding. Until further notice, USPS Priority Mail only reliable option for Hawaii. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona.
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VG (Light wear to cloth at extremities. ) Black cloth over boards, color pictorial dj.; 176 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. A history of Pullman cars, from the early era of wooden cars, to steel cars, to lightweight cars and beyond. Wonderfully illustrated, with extensive text.
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A wonderful book for anyone interested in the golden age of American railroads: the streamlined era of the 1940's and 50's. It is hard to imagine an age when our railroads were the envy of the world in terms of luxury and speed. Now we cannot touch the Japanese and European trains.
Beautiful pictures of trains, individual cars of all varieties. First-rate production values, photographic reproduction, floor plans, text.
But mainly, I just love to look at the pictures and dream of being on one of those 'name' streamliners once again.
