PULLMAN CAR, 1876. Passengers are also being put into their reserved spaces. The best thing for old ‘junker’ is to put it back in to kit form by completely disassembling it and cleaning the parts to be used again. Appearing in Pullman’s new two-tone gray pool service livery, it was unimaginatively named “Duplex Roomette 1.” Soon after this new car arrived in service, WW II broke out. Each kit was made to model a specific prototype car. Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) 12.9 × 8.6 cm (5 1/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Prior to the Pullman car, most rail coaches consisted of little more than rickety wooden boxes with wooden seats or benches, inadequate heating and ventilation systems, and inadequate springs that made for a rough ride. In Pullman pool service, this car was assigned to the New York Central from 1942-1945. /nInterior of the private railroad car, 'Loretto,' built for Charles M. Schwab in 1917. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-pullman-car-loretto-ninterior-of-the-private-railroad-car-loretto-95893982.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-interior-of-sleeper-train-nobody-91508480.html, .

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The first kits had smooth sides, with Kit Number 1 was Pullman’s 18 roomette sleepers of 1939. Each upper and lower roomette was made with milled wood seat stock and scrap pieces of MDF left over from other carpentry projects.

With all the exterior work finished, the car is ready for the next steps of interior detail, lighting and paint. Vintage 1880's Rail Train CH&D Poster. Language and societal norms shift, and cataloging of a collection is a continuous work in progress. Secondary inscription, verso upper right in pencil, in unknown later hand: "11529-10 [break] attr. Now standing on its roof, underbody parts are being fitted up. PULLMAN COMPANY Interior of an American Pullman train carriage about 1905. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-pullman-company-interior-of-an-american-pullman-train-carriage-about-121930832.html. Found on eBay for $10 in 2003, this car will need a few touches here and there to become the “L. (Interior.)" British Pullman Belmond Orient Express.

Kit Number 2 followed, advertised as the “sleeping car with staggered windows.” This would be the model for “Duplex Roomette I” of April, 1942.