Ever wonder what it's like to cross the country on Amtrak? Here's my experience on the Empire Builder line from Portland to Chicago in a sleeper car roomette.
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When the legendary director Cecil B. DeMille first saw the baroque interior, he supposedly said, "Tell the madame I'll have a drink, but I'm too old to go upstairs." Original owners of Pullman Palacecars were EF Hutton, and the Vanderbilt's had at least 3 of them, Harry, Willie, and Alice had one of their own... cattle barons bought them too. The most famous stock holders of the Pullman company were JJ Astor, Ellen Banker, Chauncey Depew, Jay Gould, Julia Grant, John Hay, Henry Morgan, J Pierpont Morgan, JD Rockefeller, and the Vanderbilts These are steam locomotives at the factory to move the cars around. Not big, because they weren't moving a whole train I've posted one photo somewhere in the past of a vehicle like the one above... can't recall where it is. This was just to move things about at the factory The above shows the accordian wall device to allow people to travel between cars without being exposed to the outside soot from the locomotive exhaust and weather Above and below show the factory method of moving the cars sideways on the "Table" The above cutaway is similar to the Pullman Progress poster detail pieces below the above poster has been put to use on a website http://thelibrary.org/lochist/frisco/history/pullman.cfm so that you can click on each of the railcars (like you see below) and get a full page, big detailed look at them, and their description. the guys in the above photo are the Chicago White Sox, February 27, 1910 - at the Royal Gorge in Colorado on their way to San Francisco for their spring training. This photo was taken along the Arkansas River. All of these unless noted otherwise, are from one website http://www.pullman-museum.org/cgi-bin/pvm/newGetSubjects.pl?subject=Pullman%20Train%20Cars which has much much more to see. This is just a quick look at the elegant luxury of the fortunately wealthy from 1860-1940's and the signature way of traveling in style and opulance that very few ever could manage. For more photos from the Pullman archives: http://csrrm.crewnoble.com/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fcsrrm.crewnoble.com%2FSearchPullmanAll_Images.htm&QF0=ImageName&QI0=*&MR=30&TN=Pullman&RF=WebDisplay&AC=QBE_QUERY One of the above articles in 1981 said about 500 Palace cars remained, and only about a handful were upgraded to Amtrak standards of new mechanical and electrical features to get pulled along by the Amtrak trains in America . I guess very few were ever exported to the wealithiest of other countries, but that those may have greater numbers that are allowed to ride the rails for he right price, condition irrelevant. President Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, assumed charge of the company after the founder, George Pullman died, 1898-1911, and renamed it 'Pullman Company.' Lincoln preferred a simple elegance to Pullman's previous luxury cars, and began revising the way Pullman cars were created. During Lincoln's tenure, Pullman purchased the Wagner Palace Car Company, and the Union Palace Car Company The company continued to produce quality train cars. It suffered immensely when automobile ownership began to eschew passenger train travel, but continued working with freight cars and other means. It acquired the competition and enjoyed much success. The History of Pullman Cars eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5142619_history-pullman-cars.html#ixzz1QPNwmuMD For a big gallery of full size hi-def, hi-res photos of the restored Pullman at the Nethercutt Museum I visited a couple months ago: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/private-pullman-palace-railcar-century.html This whole post is due to a link from Mary D, she is writing a book that involves the characters using Pullmans, and shared the link with me to share with all of you. Thanks Mary D!
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Ever wonder what it's like to cross the country on Amtrak? Here's my experience on the Empire Builder line from Portland to Chicago in a sleeper car roomette.
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Train travel is about the journey, not just the destination. With that in mind, here are nine luxury sleeper car trains to hop aboard around the world.
Train travel is about the journey, not just the destination. With that in mind, here are nine luxury sleeper car trains to hop aboard around the world.
The KCT will build another 75 car unit scrap train later today, which will leave Mill Street Yard as BNSF Train U KCKHKM0 02T with a trio of engines. The ES44C4 was built in February 2014, the newest unit I've run in probably 4 years. Days like these are when my job is hard to complain about. At 121 days old (at the time of the photo), this engine already had 30,467 miles on the odometer. That's roughly 250 miles a day and an average speed of 10 MPH. Not too bad, really, when you think of how long a train can sit stopped. Locomotive: BNSF 8062 6-26-14 Kansas City, KS
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A guide to the British Pullman train. The Belmond British Pullman is the sister train of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express and is made up of a collection of historic Pullman carriages. Based at Victoria Station in London, the train makes regular luxury day trips and short journeys in England. A journey aboard the gleaming umber and cream carriages of the British Pullman is designed to take you back in time to the glamorous age of luxury train travel. The historical carriages date from the 1920's to 1950's and include wonderful art deco marquetry, art nouveau lamps, polished brass fittings, mosaic floors, and plush upholstery. Journeys aboard the train may include brunch, afternoon tea, a murder mystery lunch, and/or musical entertainment. Guests enjoy a meal while they watch the scenery pass by and some journeys include stops at historic cities such as Bath or Canterbury. Although many of the guests are British people celebrating a special day out, it is also a great and unique experience for visitors to London. We'll share all you need to know about the Belmond British Pullman train, from its history to how to book a journey, and we'll share loads of photos from our own trip aboard the British Pullman.
Train travel is about the journey, not just the destination. With that in mind, here are nine luxury sleeper car trains to hop aboard around the world.
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Imagine the anticipation of stepping on board a grand and majestic train, all aglow, as the brisk winter’s evening has just fallen. Inside, passengers settle in for the evening, enjoying perfect touches of comfort and luxury, echoing that of a romantic, bygone era. And as steam trails behind and the new journey commences, the heart flutters momentarily and one is not sure what to expect, but one thing is for certain, guests are abound to endless wondrous destinations, with discoveries […]
I found two PAs in Dearborn Station on December 26, 1967 -- "Hi Ladies". The shot is from the second floor waiting room though the glass wall for looking into the train shed. PA1s were seldom seen in Chicago so they were a surprise. The train is Train 24, the Grand Canyon, and the Big Dome is a deadhead from the Topeka shops. That's F3A 34C in the distance. I guess they stopped her way back there so I could get these unobstructed pictures. AT&SF 74L was built in August 1947 as 58B and renumbered 74L in May 1949. She was wrecked in Planada, CA on June 23, 1953 and rebuilt. She was traded to EMD in 1969 toward the SD45 series.
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46233 Duchess of Sutherland arriving at Irwell Valley station with a train load of steam enthusiasts.
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The railroad is the oldest, commercial mass transport of the modern age, predating the car and the airplane by at least 100 years. So how can train travel be smarter in 2012? For starters, “the train takes less time total than all the preliminaries of air travel,” says Margaret King, who regularly opts to take the train to New York City, DC, and Boston from her home in Philadelphia. “I can take plenty of luggage, with no extra fees; I can easily work aboard the train; [and there are] no security hassles.” From smartphone apps to help you plan and book your travel to a new crop of high-speed trains, train services across the globe ...
