 Restored passenger cars on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. A passenger car is a piece of railroad rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. Most often, the term passenger car is associated with equipment that resembles a coach or sleeping car, but it can also encompass several other specialized types of equipment, including baggage, dining and railway post office cars. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 287 KB)Restored passenger cars on display at the Mid Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo) October 10, 2004. ...
Download high resolution version (1024x768, 287 KB)Restored passenger cars on display at the Mid Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo) October 10, 2004. ...
The Mid-Continent Railway Museum is a heritage railway in North Freedom, Wisconsin. ...
North Freedom is a village located in Sauk County, Wisconsin. ...
This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...
A railroad car (or, more briefly, car), also known as an item of rolling stock in British parlance, is a vehicle on a railroad or railway that is not a locomotive - one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ...
// Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ...
The interior of a Pullman car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad circa 1900. ...
A restored CN baggage car in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ...
A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ...
CBQ 1926, an RPO preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum. ...
History
19th century: First passenger cars and early development Since the advent of railroads, people have traveled by train. Naturally, the first passenger trains didn't travel very far, but they were able to haul many more passengers for a longer distance than any wagons pulled by horses.
As railways were first constructed in England, so too were the first passenger cars. One of the early coach designs was the "Stanhope". It featured a roof and small holes in the floor for drainage when it rained, and had separate compartments for different classes of travel. The only problem with this design is that the passengers were expected to stand for their entire trip. The first passenger cars in the United States highly resembled stagecoaches. They were short, often less than 10 ft. (3 m) long, tall and rode on a single pair of axles. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK...
Buffalo soldiers guard a Concord style stagecoach somewhere in the American West, ca. ...
A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ...
The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ...
British railways had a little bit of a head start on American railroads, with the first "bed-carriage" (an early sleeping car) being built there as early as 1838 for use on the London and Birmingham Railway and the Grand Junction Railway. Britain's early sleepers, when made up for sleeping, extended the foot of the bed into a a boot section at the end of the carriage. The cars were still too short to allow more than two or three beds to be positioned end to end. The interior of a Pullman car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad circa 1900. ...
1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 when it becam a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway. ...
The Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1833 and 1846. ...
Britain's Royal Mail commissioned and built the first Travelling Post Office cars in the late 1840s as well. These cars resembled coaches in their short wheelbase and exterior design, but were equipped with nets on the sides of the cars to catch mail bags while the train was in motion. American RPOs, first appearing in the 1860s, also featured equipment to catch mail bags at speed, but the American design more closely resembled a large hook that would catch the mailbag in its crook. When not in use, the hook would swivel down on the side of the car to prevent it from catching on any close clearances. Royal Mail is the national postal service in the United Kingdom. ...
// Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ...
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As locomotive technology progressed in the mid-19th century, trains grew in length and weight. Passenger cars, particularly in America, grew along with them, first getting longer with the addition of a second truck (one at each end), and wider as their suspensions improved. Cars built for European use featured side door compartments, while American car design favored a single pair of doors at one end of the car in the car's vestibule; compartmentized cars on American railroads featured a long hallway with doors from the hall to the compartments. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
One possible reason for this difference in design principles between American and European carbuilding practice could be the average distance between stations on the two continents. As most European railroads connected towns and villages that were still very closely spaced, American railroads had to travel over much greater distances to reach their destinations. Building passenger cars with a long passageway through the length of the car allowed the passengers easy access to the restroom, among other things, on longer journeys. Image File history File links The interior of a Chicago and Alton Railroad Pullman car circa 1900. ...
Image File history File links The interior of a Chicago and Alton Railroad Pullman car circa 1900. ...
The sleeping car is a railroad car on a train with sleeping facilities. ...
1885 map The Alton Railroad was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago, Illinois to Alton, St. ...
1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ...
Dining cars first appeared in the late 1870s and into the 1880s. Until this time, the common practice was to stop for meals at restaurants along the way (which led to the rise of Fred Harvey's chain of Harvey House restaurants in America). At first, the dining car was simply a place to serve meals that were picked up en route, but they soon evolved to include galleys in which the meals were prepared. Events and Trends Technology The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ...
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A Harvey Girl Uniform Fred Harvey (1835-1901) was an entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, and hotels, which served rail passengers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ...
Fred Harvey (1835-1901) is the entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, and hotels, serving rail passengers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ...
1900-1950: Lighter materials, new car types By the 1920s, passenger cars on the larger standard gauge railroads were normally between 60 ft (18.3 m) and 70 ft (21.3 m) long. The cars of this time were still quite ornate, many of them being built by experienced coach makers and skilled carpenters. Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ...
As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...
With the 1930s came the widespread use of stainless steel for carbodies. The typical passenger car was now much lighter than its "heavyweight" wood cousins of old. The new "lightweight" and streamlined cars carried passengers in speed and comfort to an extent that had not been experienced to date. Aluminum and Cor-Ten steel were also used in lightweight car construction, but stainless steel was the preferred material for carbodies. It isn't the lightest of materials, nor is it the least expensive, but stainless steel cars could be, and often were, left unpainted except for the car's reporting marks that were required by law. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 225 KB) The observation end of the Pioneer Zephyr. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 225 KB) The observation end of the Pioneer Zephyr. ...
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (AAR reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. ...
The Pioneer Zephyr as it appeared in 1934. ...
The pinnacle of New Yorks Chrysler Building is clad with stainless steel In metallurgy, stainless steel (inox) is defined as a ferrous alloy with a minimum of 10. ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Museum of Science and Industry is housed in the only surviving building from the 1893 World Columbian Exposition and is a National Historic Landmark. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
// Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ...
The pinnacle of New Yorks Chrysler Building is clad with stainless steel In metallurgy, stainless steel (inox) is defined as a ferrous alloy with a minimum of 10. ...
A streamliner is a vehicle that incorporates streamlining to produce a shape that provides less resistance to air, and is more pleasing to the eye. ...
Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ...
Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ...
By the end of the 1930s, railroads and carbuilders were debuting carbody and interior styles that could only be dreamed of before. In 1937, the Pullman Company delivered the first cars equipped with roomettes – that is, the car's interior was sectioned off into compartments, much like the coaches that were still in widespread use across Europe. Pullman's roomettes, however, were designed with the single traveler in mind. The roomette featured a large picture window, a privacy door, a single fold-away bed, a sink and small toilet. The roomette's floor space was barely larger than the space taken up by the bed, but it allowed the traveler to ride in luxury compared to the multilevel semiprivate berths of old. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Now that passenger cars were lighter, they were able to carry heavier loads, but the size of the average passenger that rode in them didn't increase to match the cars' new capacities. The average passenger car couldn't get any wider or longer due to side clearances along the railroad lines, but they generally could get taller because they were still shorter than many freight cars and locomotives. So the railroads soon began building and buying dome and bilevel cars to carry more passengers. A dome car owned by the Santa Fe Railroad in the 1950s. ...
A double decker is a bus, airplane, train, tram, ferry, or any public transit vehicle that has two levels for passengers, one deck above the other. ...
1950-present: High-technology advancements Carbody styles have generally remained consistent since the middle of the 20th century. While new car types haven't made much of an impact, the existing car types have been further enhanced with new technology. Go Train This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
Go Train This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
A GO Tranist train on the Richmond Hill line. ...
Starting in the 1950s, the passenger travel market declined in North America, though there was growth in commuter rail. The higher clearances in North America enabled bi-level commuter coaches that could hold more passengers. These cars started to become common in the United States in the 1960s. A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ...
While intercity passenger rail travel declined in America, ridership continued to increase in other parts of the world. With the increase came an increased use of newer technology on existing and new equipment. The Spanish company Talgo began experimenting in the 1940s with technology that would enable the axles to steer into a curve, allowing the train to move around the curve at a higher speed. The steering axles evolved into mechanisms that would also tilt the passenger car as it entered a curve to counter the centrifugal force experienced by the train, further increasing speeds on existing track. Today, Talgo trains are used in many places in Europe and they have also found a home in North America on some short and medium distance routes such as Seattle, Washington, to Vancouver, British Columbia. // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ...
The term centrifugal force is the reaction force exerted by an object moving in a circular path upon the object that is causing its circular motion, according to Newtons Third Law. ...
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Another type of tilting train that is seeing widespread use across Europe is the Pendolino. These trains, built by Fiat Ferroviaria (now owned by Alstom), are in regular service in Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Czech Republic and now the United Kingdom. Using tilting trains, railroads are able to run passenger trains over the same tracks at higher speeds than would otherwise be possible. A tilting train is a train with a tilting mechanism that enables increased speed on regular railroad tracks. ...
A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ...
Pendolino ( small pendulum in italian) is a tilting train used in Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. ...
Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ...
track Railroad or railway tracks are used on railways, which, together with railroad switches (points), guide trains without the need for steering. ...
Car types The basic design of a passenger car hasn't changed much since the middle of the 19th century, but there are several different passenger car types in service around the world. Generally, these can be split into heavyweight versus lightweight cars. Passenger cars, whether heavyweight or lightweight, can be split into several car types (listed in alphabetical order): baggage, coach, combine, diner, dome, lounge, observation, Pullman, railway post office (RPO) and sleeper.
Heavyweight vs. lightweight A heavyweight car is one that is physically heavier than a lightweight car due to its construction. Heavyweight cars can be easily spotted by their wood construction, usually six-wheeled trucks (bogies) and stepped roof line. The roofs of early heavyweights usually consisted of a center sill section (the clerestory) that ran the length of the car and extended above the roof sides by as much as a foot. This section of the roof usually had windows or shutters that could be opened for ventilation while the train was in motion. However, railroad crews and passengers quickly discovered that when these windows were opened on a passenger train pulled by one or steam locomotives, smoke and soot from the locomotives tended to drift in through the windows, especially when the train went through a tunnel. Great Western Railway No. ...
In the early 20th century, air conditioning was added to heavyweight cars for the first time. An air conditioned heavyweight car could be spotted easily since the area where the roof vent windows existed was now covered, either partially or in full, by the AC duct. As lightweight cars were introduced, many heavyweight cars were repurposed into maintenance of way service by the railroads that owned them. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
Maintenance of way (often abbreviated as M of Way, MOW or MW) refers to the maintenance of railroad rights of way. ...
Lightweight passenger cars required developments in steel processing that weren't available until the 1920s and 1930s. By building passenger cars out of steel instead of wood, the manufacturers were able to build lighter weight cars with smooth or fluted sides and smooth roof lines. Using steel for carbodies was so effective that the Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 three-car trainset weighed only 85 tons, which was less than the average weight of one heavyweight dining car. Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ...
// Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ...
The Union Pacific Railroad NYSE: UNP is the largest railroad in the United States. ...
Union Pacifics M-10000 streamliner leaves Kansas City, Missouri in 1936. ...
Steel cars were ushered in at the beginning of the streamline era of the 1930s (although not all lightweight cars were streamlined) and steel has continued in use ever since then. With the use of steel for the car sides, railroads were able to offer more innovative passenger car types. It wasn't until after the first lightweight cars were introduced that railroads began building and using dome cars because the sides of heavyweight cars weren't strong enough to support the weight of the dome and its passengers. Lightweight cars also enabled the railroads to operate longer passenger trains; the reduced car weight meant that more passengers could be carried in a greater number of cars with the same locomotives. The cost savings in hauling capacity coupled with the increased car type options led to the quick replacement of heavyweight cars with lightweight cars.
Single level vs. double level As passenger car construction improved to the point where dome cars were introduced, some passenger car manufacturers began building double decker passenger cars for use in areas that are more heavily populated or to carry more passengers over a long distance while using fewer cars (such as Amtrak's Superliner cars). Cars used on long-distance passenger trains could combine features of any of the basic car types, while cars used in local commuter service are often strictly coach types on both levels. A double decker is a bus, airplane, train, tram, ferry, or any public transit vehicle that has two levels for passengers, one deck above the other. ...
Amtrak, is the brand name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ...
The Superliner is a largely disabled-accessible double decker passenger car used by Amtrak, on mainly its western routes. ...
Baggage - Main article: Baggage car
Although passengers generally were not allowed access to the baggage car, they were included in a great number of passenger trains as regular equipment. The baggage car is a car that was normally placed between the train's motive power and the remainder of the passenger train. The car's interior is normally wide open and is used to carry passengers' checked baggage. Baggage cars were also sometimes commissioned by freight companies to haul less-than-carload (lcl) shipments along passenger routes (Railway Express Agency was one such freight company). Some baggage cars included restroom facilities for the train crew, so many baggage cars had doors to access them just like any other passenger car. Baggage cars could be designed to look like the rest of a passenger train's cars, or they could be repurposed box cars equipped with high-speed trucks and passenger train steam and air connections. A restored CN baggage car in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ...
Download high resolution version (900x450, 107 KB)St. ...
Download high resolution version (900x450, 107 KB)St. ...
The Railway Express Agency was a rail express service, at one point the only one in the United States. ...
A boxcar (the American term; the British call this kind of car a goods van) is a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to hold freight. ...
Coach - Main article: Coach
The car's interior is filled with row upon row of seats, generally all arranged facing toward one end of the car. The seats are often so close together that there is not much room for anything more than a passenger or two in them. Carry-on baggage is stowed on a shelf above the passenger seating area. Coaches are sometimes referred to as chair cars. The seats in most coaches until the middle of the 20th century, were usually bench seats; the backs of these seats could be adjusted, often with one hand, to face in either direction so the car would not have to be turned for a return trip. The conductor would simply walk down the aisle in the car, reversing the seat backs to prepare for the return trip. // Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ...
Interior of an InterCity2 (long-distance train) double decker passenger car in Finland, enroute from Turku to Helsinki. ...
Interior of an InterCity2 (long-distance train) double decker passenger car in Finland, enroute from Turku to Helsinki. ...
A double decker is a bus, airplane, train, tram, ferry, or any public transit vehicle that has two levels for passengers, one deck above the other. ...
Combine - Main article: Combine car
A combine is a car that combines features of two types of passenger cars into one car. The most common combination is that of a coach and a baggage, but the combination of coach and RPO was also common. Combines were used most frequently on branch lines and short line railroads where there wasn't necessarily enough traffic to economically justify single-purpose cars. As lightweight cars began to appear on railroads, passenger cars more frequently combined features of two or more car types on one car, and the classic heavyweight combine fell out of use. Categories: Stub | Passenger equipment ...
Download high resolution version (1024x768, 311 KB)A coach-baggage combine on display at the Mid Continent Railroad Museum in North Freedom, WI. Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo), October 10, 2004. ...
Download high resolution version (1024x768, 311 KB)A coach-baggage combine on display at the Mid Continent Railroad Museum in North Freedom, WI. Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo), October 10, 2004. ...
A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ...
A short line is an independent railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance. ...
Diner For more on this topic, see dining car. Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ...
 The interior of a DRGW dining car c. 1927. The car's interior is split with a portion of the interior partitioned off for a galley, which is off-limits to passengers. A narrow hallway is left between the galley and one side wall of the car for passengers to use. The remainder of the interior is laid out with tables and chairs to look like a long, narrow restaurant dining room. There is special personnel to perform waitstaff and kitchen duties. Image File history File links The interior of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car circa 1927. ...
Image File history File links The interior of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car circa 1927. ...
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (DRG or D&RG) generally referred to as the Rio Grande, became the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW or D&RGW) in 1920. ...
1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...
Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ...
Dome - Main article: Dome car
 The interior of a dome configured as a diner A dome car can include features of a lounge car, dining car and an observation. A portion of the car, usually in the center of the car, is split between two levels, with stairs leading both up and down from the train's regular passenger car floor level. The lower level of the dome usually consisted of a small lounge area, while the upper portion was usually coach or lounge seating within a "bubble" of glass on the car's roof. Passengers in the upper portion of the dome were able to see in all directions from a vantage point above the train's roofline. On some dome cars, the lower portion was built as a galley, where car attendants used dumbwaiters to transfer items between the galley and a dining area in the dome portion of the car. A dome car owned by the Santa Fe Railroad in the 1950s. ...
Download high resolution version (1024x618, 91 KB)AT&SF #501, a dome-lounge car built for use on the Super Chief by the Pullman-Standard company. ...
Download high resolution version (1024x618, 91 KB)AT&SF #501, a dome-lounge car built for use on the Super Chief by the Pullman-Standard company. ...
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ...
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The upper level interior of a dome car, this one configured as a dining area on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo), April, 2004. ...
The upper level interior of a dome car, this one configured as a dining area on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo), April, 2004. ...
Dumbwaiter can refer to: a small elevator used to transport food or other items between floors of a building, see Dumbwaiter an American independent rock band, see Dumbwaiters (band) See also: The Dumb Waiter, a one-act play by Harold Pinter, written in 1957. ...
Lounge - Main article: Lounge car
Lounge car interiors resembled a lounge. They usually had benches or large swivelling chairs along the sides of the car with a bar or other light meal and drink service at one end of the car. Some lounge cars included small pianos and were staffed by contracted musicians to entertain the passengers. A lounge car is a type of passenger car where riders can purchase food and drinks. ...
Observation - Main article: Observation car
 A heavyweight observation The observation car almost always operated as the last car in a passenger train. Its interior could include features of a coach, lounge, diner, or sleeper. The main spotting feature was at the tail end of the car - the walls of the car usually were curved together to form a large U shape, and larger windows were installed all around the end of the car. Before these cars were built with steel walls, the observation end of heavyweight cars resembled a roofed porch area; larger windows were installed at the observation end on these cars as well. At this end of the car, there was almost always a lounge where passengers could enjoy the view as they watch the track recede into the distance. When passenger trains were still the preferred mode of intercity transportation in America, observations often were used by those campaigning for public office, especially for the Presidency of the United States. ...
A heavyweight observation car on a museum train at the Illinois Railway Museum. ...
A heavyweight observation car on a museum train at the Illinois Railway Museum. ...
Pullman - Main article: Pullman car
 A 1910 Pullman car which served as the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Business Car 101, now restored as the Abraham Lincoln First conceived by George Pullman in the late 1850s, the Pullman car originally was designed to resemble a coach during the daytime with fold-out beds and privacy curtains for night time. The beds were located on each side of the car, in up to three levels. Passengers used portable ladders to access the upper berths. This type of car was often used as a plot device in cinema through World War II, such as in one scene from Some Like It Hot starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe; the passengers in that scene cram themselves into a space that is normally used only by one person for great comedic effect. As railroads began building and buying "lightweight" steel cars, Pullman cars took on the look of the newer sleepers with compartments instead of privacy curtains. The sleeping car is a railroad car on a train with sleeping facilities. ...
Image File history File links Abraham_Lincoln_Pullman_Car. ...
Image File history File links Abraham_Lincoln_Pullman_Car. ...
In 1910 the Pullman Company suddenly changed from the 60 foot varnished wood railroad cars to the eighty foot, riveted-steel design. ...
George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. ...
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Some Like It Hot is a 1959 comedy film by Billy Wilder. ...
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Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was a twentieth-century movie star, sex symbol and pop icon. ...
Many Pullman cars were built or converted for use as private business cars which served as the "private jet" of the early to mid 1900s. They were used by railroad officials, dignitaries, and wealthy individuals for travel and entertainment. Many of these business cars are now in the hands of private individuals and are used for tour rides, leasing for private events, etc. A small number of cars have been upgraded to meet current Amtrak regulations, and many of these cars may be leased for private travel.
RPO - Main article: Railway post office
Like baggage cars, paying passengers were not allowed access to the railway post office (RPO) cars. These cars' interiors were designed with sorting facilities that were often seen and used in conventional post offices around the world. The RPO is where mail was sorted while the train was en route. Because these cars carried mail, which often included valuables or quantities of cash and checks, the RPO staff (who were employed by the postal service and not the railroad) were the only train crews allowed to carry guns. The RPO cars were normally placed in a passenger train between the train's motive power and baggage cars, further inhibiting their access by passengers. CBQ 1926, an RPO preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum. ...
The interior of a Railway post office on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo), April, 2004. ...
The interior of a Railway post office on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo), April, 2004. ...
Chinese-built 2-8-0 on display at the National Railroad Museum on April 26, 2004. ...
Green Bay is the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ...
Sleeper - Main article: Sleeping car
Often called sleepers, these cars' interiors were normally partitioned into separate bedroom compartments for passengers. The beds were designed in such a way that they either rolled or folded out of the way or converted into seats for daytime use. Compartments varied in size; some were only large enough for a bed, while others resembled efficiency apartments including bathrooms. The interior of a Pullman car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad circa 1900. ...
Other passenger equipment Passengers have travelled on rails in trains other than the conventional type of passenger trains that are referred to above. Trams, streetcars and subways have been heavily used in urban areas throughout the world. On lighter trafficked branch lines and short line railways, multiple unit trains or powered diesel cars (such as the Budd Rail Diesel Car) have been used. A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland Map showing the tramway system in Oslo, Norway Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ...
Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro...
A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ...
A short line is an independent railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance. ...
A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A modern high speed British diesel multiple unit of type 220 A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive. ...
Budd RDC-1 #407 of the Cape May Seashore Lines. ...
In non-revenue service, railroads have used crew cars, speeders and HiRail trucks to move their employees around their systems. A speeder (also known as railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car or inspection car) is a motorized vehicle formerly used on the railroad to let track inspectors and work crews move quickly to and from work sites. ...
A HiRail truck is an ordinary road truck fitted with railway wheels so that it can operate on rail tracks. ...
Passenger car manufacturers While some railroads, like the Milwaukee Road, preferred to build their own passenger cars, several railcar manufacturers built the majority of passenger cars in revenue service. Most of these companies produced both passenger and freight equipment for the railroads. This is by no means a comprehensive list of all passenger car builders (see List of rolling stock manufacturers for a more complete list). Quite a large number of firms built passenger cars over the years, but the majority of cars in the 20th century were built by these companies. The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ...
Throughout railroad history, many manufacturing companies have come and gone. ...
American Car and Foundry - Main article: American Car and Foundry
American Car and Foundry was formed in 1899 through the merger of 13 smaller railroad car manufacturing companies (in much the same way as the American Locomotive Company was formed from the merger of 8 smaller locomotive manufacturers two years later in 1901). ACF built the first all-steel passenger car in the world for Interborough Rapid Transit in 1904, and then built the first steel cars used on the London Underground in the following year. The company continued to manufacture passenger equipment until 1959. ACF still manufactures freight cars today. American Car and Foundry (often abbreviated as ACF) is a manufacturer of railroad rolling stock. ...
American Car and Foundry (often abbreviated as ACF) is a manufacturer of railroad rolling stock. ...
1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The American Locomotive Company, shortened to ALCo was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States. ...
1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ...
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ...
1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ...
1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A railroad car (or, more briefly, car), also known as an item of rolling stock in British parlance, is a vehicle on a railroad or railway that is not a locomotive - one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ...
Budd Company - Main article: Budd Company
The Budd Company got its start in the early 1930s when Edward G. Budd developed a way to build carbodies out of stainless steel. In 1932 he completed his first railcar, dubbed the Green Goose. It used rubber tires and a stainless steel body, and was powered by the engine out of Budd's own Chrysler Imperial automobile. Budd sold a few of these early powered cars to the Reading Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad and the Texas and Pacific Railroad. The next year, Ralph Budd, only a very distant relation, but president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad at the time, came to Budd to build the Pioneer Zephyr. The Budd Company (now ThyssenKrupp Budd) is a metal fabricator and major supplier of body components to the automobile industry. ...
The Budd Company (now ThyssenKrupp Budd) is a metal fabricator and major supplier of body components to the automobile industry. ...
Edward Gowen Budd (1870–1946) was an American inventor and businessman. ...
1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ...
The Chrysler Imperial, introduced in 1926, was the companys top of the range vehicle for much of its history. ...
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Categories: Rail stubs | Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ...
1911 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad existing 1846–1968, after which it merged into Penn Central Transportation. ...
Ralph Budd (1879 – 1962) was an American railroad executive. ...
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (AAR reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. ...
The Pioneer Zephyr as it appeared in 1934. ...
Budd was soon called on by another railroad president before the end of the decade. Samuel T. Bledsoe asked Budd to build the new lightweight cars for the Santa Fe's new Super Chief passenger train. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ...
The Super Chief being serviced at the Albuquerque, New Mexico depot in March, 1943. ...
Budd continued building lightweight powered and unpowered cars through the 20th century for nearly every major railroad in North America.
Pullman-Standard - Main article: Pullman Company
Pullman-Standard is the company that evolved from the Pullman Company of the 19th century. The Pullman Palace Car Company, owned by George Pullman, manufactured railroad train cars in the mid to late 1800s through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. ...
The Pullman Palace Car Company, owned by George Pullman, manufactured railroad cars in the mid to late 1800s through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. ...
The Pullman Palace Car Company, owned by George Pullman, manufactured railroad train cars in the mid to late 1800s through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. ...
St. Louis Car Company - Main article: St. Louis Car Company
Founded in April 1887, in its namesake city, St. Louis Car Company manufactured railroad cars for streetcar lines (urban passenger railways) and steam railroads. The company made brief forays into building automobiles and aircraft, but they are best known as the manufacturers of Birney and PCC streetcars which have seen worldwide use. St. Louis Car Company closed in 1973. The St. ...
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...
The St. ...
a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ...
A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ...
An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...
A Twin City Rapid Transit PCC streetcar in museum operation. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Military uses and specialized passenger equipment Military organizations around the world have always needed a convenient way to transport troops and supplies to and from battle sites. Since the middle of the 19th century, military organizations have made heavy use of railroad equipment. While supplies and vehicles have been hauled in conventional freight cars, their troops have also been carried in passenger cars. Troops in good health would be carried in coaches, troop cars or troop sleepers for longer trips (usually standard-built passenger cars, but sometimes repurposed box cars with seats, windows, doors and sometimes cots installed), while injured soldiers would be returned from the battlefield in "hospital trains". Download high resolution version (833x260, 40 KB)A hospital train serving the United States military in World War I in Europe Photo from Photos of the Great War This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ...
Download high resolution version (833x260, 40 KB)A hospital train serving the United States military in World War I in Europe Photo from Photos of the Great War This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ...
Clockwise from top: Trenches in frontline, a British Mark I Tank crossing a trench, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the battle of the Dardanelles, a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks and a Sopwith Camel biplane. ...
A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A railroad car (or, more briefly, car), also known as an item of rolling stock in British parlance, is a vehicle on a railroad or railway that is not a locomotive - one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ...
In U.S. railroad terminology, a troop sleeper was a rail car which had been converted to serve as something of a mobile barracks for transporting troops distances sufficient to require overnight accomodations. ...
A boxcar (the American term; the British call this kind of car a goods van) is a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to hold freight. ...
A hospital train consists of passenger cars that have been (usually) retrofit with rows of beds and a small examination area. The hospital cars most closely resembled the Pullman cars of old where the beds were stacked up to three tiers high, but hospital cars normally did not include the luxury of privacy curtains. The interior of a hospital train used during World War I in Europe photo from Photos of the Great War. ...
The interior of a hospital train used during World War I in Europe photo from Photos of the Great War. ...
Clockwise from top: Trenches in frontline, a British Mark I Tank crossing a trench, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the battle of the Dardanelles, a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks and a Sopwith Camel biplane. ...
See also - Superliner (railcar) - The brand name of the high-level passenger cars operated by Amtrak
- Double decker - Many commuter coaches were built as bilevel cars, such cars still operate in many large cities in North America.
- List of named passenger trains, Category:Named passenger trains - Passenger cars operated in passenger trains, so here are links to information on many different trains.
- Pullman Company - The Pullman name has become synonymous with sleeping car amenities.
- Train station - The public interface to passenger trains around the world.
The Superliner is a largely disabled-accessible double decker passenger car used by Amtrak, on mainly its western routes. ...
Amtrak, is the brand name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ...
A double decker is a bus, airplane, train, tram, ferry, or any public transit vehicle that has two levels for passengers, one deck above the other. ...
The following is a list of named passenger trains and some summary information about them. ...
The Pullman Palace Car Company, owned by George Pullman, manufactured railroad train cars in the mid to late 1800s through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. ...
Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ...
The first railroad in the United States may have been a gravity railroad in Lewiston, New York in 1764. ...
A restored CN baggage car in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ...
CBQ 1926, an RPO preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum. ...
British Rail TPO vehicle NSA 80390 on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ...
// Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ...
The couchette car is a railroad car conveying basic sleeping accommodation. ...
Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ...
A dome car owned by the Santa Fe Railroad in the 1950s. ...
A lounge car is a type of passenger car where riders can purchase food and drinks. ...
When passenger trains were still the preferred mode of intercity transportation in America, observations often were used by those campaigning for public office, especially for the Presidency of the United States. ...
The sleeping car is a railroad car on a train with sleeping facilities. ...
The interior of a Pullman car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad circa 1900. ...
Categories: Stub | Passenger equipment ...
External links
References - Ellis, Hamilton (1968, fourth printing 1973). The pictorial encyclopedia of railways, Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-03075-X.
- Mencken, August (1957, reprinted 2000). The railroad passenger car: An illustrated history of the first hundred years with accounts by contemporary passengers, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. ISBN 0-8018-6541-7.
- Talgo, Talgo History (cached page at the Wayback Machine). Retrieved February 25, 2005.
- Welsh, Joe (2005) New deal for rail travel, Classic trains special edition: Streamliner pioneers, Kalmbach Publishing, Waukesha, WI, 3, 8-17.
- White, John H., Jr. (1978). The American railroad passenger car, part 1, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. ISBN 0-8018-2722-1.
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