"American Railroad Sleeping Car," two line engravings, as published in Engineering (June 12, 1868), 569
Title
"American Railroad Sleeping Car," two line engravings, as published in Engineering (June 12, 1868), 569
Description
The sub-title for this pair of images, engravings published in this periodical, is "Built by Mr. William A. Robinson, of the Great Western Railway of Canada, for Messers. A. and B. Pullman. (For Description, see Page 571)." P. 571 is not present, but is available through this library via the Hathiturst electronic version: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556035175512 and/ or http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556035175512;view=1up;seq=679 . The article on that page is entitled "American Sleeping Cars."
Figure 1. is a cross section view of the car, "Viceroy," and showing four bays--from the left, a dining table, a made up double bed in the lower berth, two closed upper and lower berths, and on the right a parlor with chairs. This image is flanked by two oval vignettes, on the left a view of a train crossing a suspension bridge, over a gorge or river (Niagara?) and on the right a view of Niagara Falls.
Figure 2. shows "Viceroy"'s exterior lengthwise, with the name in the lower center, below the windows. Athe top, above the windows at either end are signs: "Pullman's Sleeping Car Line." oval vignettes with what appear to be angels divide the row of windows into three units: 7-6-7. The windows, relatively small, open into the spaces between the two berths, upper and lower, and there is a row of clerstory windows recessed in the roofline.
Figure 1. is a cross section view of the car, "Viceroy," and showing four bays--from the left, a dining table, a made up double bed in the lower berth, two closed upper and lower berths, and on the right a parlor with chairs. This image is flanked by two oval vignettes, on the left a view of a train crossing a suspension bridge, over a gorge or river (Niagara?) and on the right a view of Niagara Falls.
Figure 2. shows "Viceroy"'s exterior lengthwise, with the name in the lower center, below the windows. Athe top, above the windows at either end are signs: "Pullman's Sleeping Car Line." oval vignettes with what appear to be angels divide the row of windows into three units: 7-6-7. The windows, relatively small, open into the spaces between the two berths, upper and lower, and there is a row of clerstory windows recessed in the roofline.
Date
June 12, 1868
Rights
http://www.lakeforest.edu/library/archives/permission.php
Format
jpeg
Type
image
