Newberry Library - Car drawings, specifications, etc., 1870-1969

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Title Car drawings, specifications, etc., 1870-1969

Creator Pullman Company. Chief Engineer

Date 1919-1969

Place United States

Subjects Pullman cars, Sleeping cars (Railroads), Wagner Palace Car Company

Description Ground Plan of Cars of the Pullman Company (1870-1905) also available on microfilm.

Summary Pullman Company car and car component drawings registers, drawings, and specifications, together with railroad company drawings of Pullman cars, dating primarily from the heavyweight and lightweight era. Drawings registers, 1924-1968, containing sequential listings of CE, MD, and CS drawings, note the number, title, draftsman, and date of each drawing. Linen drawings and blueprints (paper drawings) include ceiling plans, duct layouts, floor plans, heating pipe diagrams, side elevators, underneath equipment layouts, etc., followed by CE and MD drawings. There are also a few blueprints generated by shops. Among the drawings are floor plans for all Wagner Palace Car Company cars acquired by Pullman in 1899, a volume of early Pullman car floor plans, 1870-1905, and "Pullman" lettering templates. There are also specifications files (specifications, drawing lists, plans, photographs) for some, but by no means all, Pullman car lots and several miscellaneous specifications, included drawings lists for remodelled heavyweights, lighting fixtures, trucks, etc.

Extent 130 cubic ft. (14 boxes, 43 cartons, 65 oversize folders, and 103 oversize rolls)

Format Blueprints, Drawings, Specifications

Archival Collection Title Pullman Company Records

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Pullman 05/02/03

BibID 121481

Size 16705px × 4416px 906.73 KB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991214818805867_Pullman_05_02_03_fl_1_plan_mdb_1495_h.TIF

Unique Identifier NL11G69P

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