The Cars of Pullman

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.

Pullman cars are a tribute to a hard-working generation of men and women who worked to bring the coasts of the United States together efficiently and in style. 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.

Take an interesting look into the time period that relied on train cars, as well as the classic style of the cars themselves. 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.

• Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
• Travel by Pullman: A Century of Service, 1865-1969
• Streamliners: Locomotives and Trains in the Age of Speed and Style
• Railway Depots, Stations & Terminals
• The Art of the Streamliner
• Twilight of the Great Trains, Expanded Edition (Railroads Past and Present)
• Night Trains: The Pullman Systems in the Golden Years of American Rail Travel
• Mr. Pullman's Elegant Palace Car: The Railway Carriage that Established a New Dimension of Luxury and Entered the National Lexicon as a Symbol of Splendor
• America's Great Railroad Stations
• Streamliner Memories (Enthusiast Color Series)