Pullman Car
The first railroad sleeping cars appeared in America in the late 1830s. They were used between Baltimore and Philadelphia and provided berths for two dozen passengers. In 1856 Theodore T. ...
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Dozens of passengers remained stranded on a train in the Sierra Nevada mountains Saturday after a large snow plow fell through the tracks and blocked the rail road, officials said.Two Amtrak trains...
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Not much in George Pullman's early years suggests he would revolutionize train travel and make a fortune.Born near Buffalo, N.Y., in 1831, Pullman dropped out of school and worked at his uncle's ge...
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Evelyn Johnson's father has never liked talking about his time in the Army during World War II. He was angry that black servicemen like him fought for freedom overseas only to come home to face dis...
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The Empire Builder snakes through Montana's Rockies, past evergreen forests and mountaintops that glisten with snow even in the warm months. It's a glorious morning in my transcontinental railway j...
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It was Game 5 of the 1930 World Series and the top of the ninth inning.The scoreboard read 0-0. If the Philadelphia Athletics had plans to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, this was a good time to star...
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On Nov. 9, David Gunn, president and chief executive of Amtrak, took an all-night train from Jacksonville, Fla., to Washington, D.C., arriving at his office at about 6 a.m., his usual starting time...
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On Nov. 9, David Gunn, president and chief executive of Amtrak, took an all-night train from Jacksonville, Fla., to Washington, D.C., arriving at his office at about 6 a.m., his usual starting time...
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