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Pullman Car Summary
620 words, approx. 2 pages
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. Woodruff, a master car builder with the Terre Haute and Alton...
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Sleeping car Information
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The sleeping car or sleeper is a railroad passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another, primarily for the purpose of making nighttime travel more restful. The first such cars saw sporadic use on American railroads...


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Passenger train stuck in snowy mountains
2/2/2008: 252 words, approx. 1 pages
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 and about 400 had passengers were initially stranded by Friday night's blockage, but...
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George Pullman's Train Push
8/22/2007: 1,174 words, approx. 4 pages
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 general store. By age 17 he was an apprentice cabinet maker and then...
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Save your history, museum urges blacks
1/19/2008: 722 words, approx. 2 pages
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 discrimination, she says.Johnson, however, now has a window into her...
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Cross-country trip by train
6/18/2007: 831 words, approx. 3 pages
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 journey.Amtrak's intercity express had departed Portland, Ore., at 4:45 p.m. the previous day bound for Chicago....
 


 

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