Sleeping car
The sleeping car or sleeper is a part of a train with beds built in, mostly for making nighttime travel more restful.
Sleeping Car Media
Pullman sleeping car, original to the William Crooks locomotive, on display in Duluth, Minnesota
The first American sleeping car, the "Chambersburg" started service on the CVRR in 1839.
Interior of a Pullman car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad, c. 1900, configured for daytime operation
Pullman porter making an upper berth aboard the B&O Capitol Limited bound for Chicago, c. 1944
Open section accommodations of a Pullman car in day mode from c. 1950s.
In 1964, aging open-section Pullman cars waited in Portland, Oregon, available for "emergencies".
Pullman private compartment, c. 1950s.
A long-distance night train at the Oulu railway station in Oulu, Finland
Other websites
- A. Philip Randolph / Sleeping Car Porters Archived 2005-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- The Abraham Lincoln 1910 Heavyweight Pullman Business Car — photographs and short history.
