Talk:1859 in rail transport

September 1, 1st Pullman in service?
1859-1-9 : 1re voiture-lit conçue par George Mortimer Pullman (1831-97, Américain). http://www.quid.fr/2005/69_04.htm

1859 Sep 01 The Pullman sleeping car was placed into service. The car was built by company namesake George Pullman and he was assisted by Ben Field. http://users.commkey.net/fussichen/otdrr.htm

September 1, 1859 First Pullman sleeping car left Bloomington, IL on overnight trip to Chicago; first Pullman conductor was Jonathan L. Barnes. http://www.railfanclub.org/archives/newsletters/Sept05/ThisMonth.htm

September 1, 1859 - First Pullman sleeping car was put into service. http://www.kipnotes.com/Railroads.htm

1 SEPTEMBER 1859 - First railway sleeping car goes into service, invented by George M. Pullman. http://www.writersdreamtools.com/view/events/default.asp?Day=1&Month=9

The Pullman Corporation had been in business since September 1, 1859, when George Pullman first leased out a sleeping car to the Chicago, Alton & St Louis Railroad. http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~wbarry/lovevpullman.doc

09-01-1859 - George M. Pullman's first sleeping car made its first run. http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/reference/timelines/timeline1859.html

Wdew 20:36, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

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