<p>Classic chronicle of the era when sleeping and dining cars suddenly changed overland travel from barbarous to opulent, when the compounds and Pacifics and 4-8-4's sliced hours and days out of the timetables, when the amenities of going places included mobile barbershops, libraries, and dining cars with wine lists, and when such name trains as the Cascades and Crescents and Centurys charged along the rails. The book provides a detailed look at the interiors and exteriors of the famous crack trains such as the Twentieth Century Limited, the Broadway Limited and the Empire Builder and about twenty others. Also includes a fascinating chapter on Pullmans in Cuba, interurbans (such as the Empire United Railways and the South Shore Line), and a list of major American railroad paint schemes. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, schematic diagrams of Pullman cars, and maps. With several foldout pages reproducing rare Pullman advertising brochures for their sleeping cars. Foreward by Lucius Beebe. 434 pages with index.</p>

Some Classic Trains

Dubin, Arthur D.

Kalmbach

This is one of the great books on the golden era of passenger trains, capturing in beautiful photos and drawings the comfort and variety of travel by train. With dazzling end papers showing paintings by Walter F. Greene of the Twentieth Century Limited (front) and by Grif Teller of the Pennsylvania's experimental S-1 6-4-4-6 (back); frontispiece is the Missouri Pacific's Sunshine Special by William Harnden Foster. Illustrated with over 1500 photos. Includes car floor plans, menus, timetables, and travel folders. Chapters include A Pullman Postscript; In the Northeast Corridor; The American Flyer Cars; The Great Steel Fleet and the Fleet of Modernism; A Twist on the Tuscan Red; The Black Diamond Express; On the Monon; On the Pere Marquette; The Rebel Route; The Seaboard Coast Line Route to the South; The Pan American; The Frisco and Katy; Thru the Rockies, Not Around them; The Great Race to Chicago and to the Twin Cities; Il Camino Real -- The Highway of the King; Great Trains of the Great Western; The Olympian; The Golden State Limited; The Finest Trains on Earth; the Canadian Pacific Railway; Across Canada; Mexicano de Lujo; Some Exotic Trains; Amtrak; Wagons-Lits. 512 pages with index.

More Classic Trains

Kalmbach Publishing Company

<p>A valuable reference for any serious modeler! Detailed Pullman car paint schemes can help you add realism and accurate color to your passenger cars and matching locomotives. The history of Pullman passenger cars is as much a story of the colorful streamliners that pulled them through the 1930s through the 1960s. Follow the fascinating developments during these years with an inside look at the working notebooks of Pullman's Senior Inspectors. Includes historical photos, color samples, and detailed lettering diagrams.</p>

Pullman Paint and Lettering Notebook: A Guide to the Colors Used on Pullman Cars Form 1933 to 1969

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Kalmbach Pub. Co

Reference

Interurban Press

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