Starting with the earliest railroads, Joseph Husband traces the sleeping car from crude bunks to the luxurious Pullman, and the rise of the company that bought out rivals like the Union Palace Car Company. Chapters cover the Pullman car in Europe, the company town of Pullman, Illinois, the inventions that improved the cars, and how they were built.
A 1917 popular history, useful for railway enthusiasts and historians of American industry. Download the free EPUB.