The Cars of Pullman Hardcover – March 18, 2015

This is a good history of the evolution of the Pullman Railcars. It is full of photos and illustrations.

1940 was the first year that I traveled in a train. I went with my parents between Philadelphia and Chicago in a Pullman. We traveled in a 14 section. What a great adventure that trip was. As a youngster, I was hooked on riding in a Pullman and still am. Great memories flooded back as I went through this book. Clearly, if you have ever ridden in a Pullman this is the book for you! If you have even the slightest interest in train travel you will find this book a joy.My childhood love of train travel that developed in my youth, has also translated itself into HO model railroading as an adult. As you might guess, I model passenger trains. Besides building cars, I also detail the interiors of the Pullman cars. The typical train book shows exterior shots of an engine with any cars behind the engine fading in the distance. Black and white interior shots of Pullmans are few, if any. A color shot of the interior is never there. The Cars of PULLMAN changes the playing field in that there are ten or so COLOR photographs of Pullman interiors plus a great number of black and white pictures and drawings.Thank you Welsh, Howes and Holland for your great book! This is a book that I waited more than a half century for!

I have always been curious about Pullman cars since in my early years when I rode from Seattle, Wash, to Phila. Pa on the train with my mother and sister. As a teenager I rode with my grandfather from Newark, N.J. to Oak Hill, W.VA. on an overnight train. As a college student I rode a Parlor Car from Chicago to Red Oak, Iowa. I have always had the desire to see the many different kind of sleeping cars and this book has more than answered all my questions.One drawback is that some of the detailed layouts of pullman cars are so small, I need a magnifier to see all the details.Nevertheless, the text is easy to read and there is lots of information to read.I am glad that I made the purchase.

I was hoping for a basic pictorial look at Pullman cars. What the book gave me, in addition to the great pictures, was a history of the Pullman philosophy including the good and bad of car design, industry problems, and the demise of passenger traffic that paralleled Pullman. Not covered in much detail was the town of Pullman, but Amazon has other books that cover the town in detail. If you are interested in Pullman rolling stock this is the book for you. If you are interested in the history of Pullman as a business read that first and this book second. It gives you a better overall perspective.

This is a great book that any serious passenger train enthusiast should add to their collection. It is a complete and well documented look at Pullman cars and the Pullman Company from its inception to the end. Filled with photos and diagrams this is an excellent source of information as well as a good nostalgic read for those of us who miss the "golden age" of passenger train transportation in the USA

Somewhat of a departure from most of the other books I've collected, this one focuses not on a railroad or on types of trains but on Pullman cars themselves. The Pullman Company was an early innovator in developing comfortable sleeping cars, as far back as the late 1800s, and grew to be the dominant manufacturer, owner, and operator of sleeping cars and parlor cars--which it leased to the railroads themselves, often in the styling and colors of the rest of the given railroad's passenger trains. The detailed text is well illustrated with lots of black and white and color photos.

Ok, I admit: I love trains. I ride them as much as possible. But I *never* new the details of the Pullman operation until I read this book. The photos are wonderfully nostalgic, and I've toured some of the remaining Pullman relics that have been restored. But I think the real value here is the text itself. It blends marvelously with the photos and drawings. If you are a train lover, you need this book. I like to read it with a nice glass of wine. I'm taking it on my next train trip. Especially if it's a long overnight run.

If you're a railfan (I am.), you'll ogle over this. If not, do yourself a favor and crop bales of nostalgia from this volume. Either way, you're in for a treat.

Good informative illustrated book. The diagrams might have been bigger.

Sehr schöne Übersicht über die Entwicklung bis zum Niedergang der Pullman-Wagen, viele Bilder, teilweise sogar mit seltenen Farbfotos aus sehr alten Zeiten. Ausgewogene Mischung aus Text und Bildern, sehr empfehlenswert - wenn es zu bekommen ist...

A wonderful book. I can't recommend it highly enough. Any one interested in passenger train travel will appreciate this. A toast to bygone era.