When did vestibules enter American passenger cars
The vestibule was invented by George M Pullman and patented in 1887. The earliest vestibule matched the doorway width and by 1893 was extended to the full car width. The first solid vestibule train ran Chicago to Otto Illinois on April 11 1887 aboard the Illinois Central Railroad with a notable passenger list and soon after entered regular service on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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George M. Pullman
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Otto
Illinois
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Railroads and An American Railroading Lore
Features on James J. Hill and the Great Northern Empire, the 1893 New York Central 999 record, the first steam railroad electrification in 1895, and Casey Jones with biographical details. Also notes on railroad retirement benefits and W M Ferguson’s contact for Panhandle area inquiries.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Hill
Chicago
Patavia
New York
New York Central
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Railway men and families mark Texas runs and life
Rock Island staff, including George W. Pride and W. B. Futral, review freight station accounts in El Reno Amarillo and Little Rock. Biographical notes trace Jimmy Cogdell from Kennett Missouri to Amarillo and his railroad rise. D. W. McHugh moves in Fort Worth duties. Julius Hinkle serves Camp Lee Virginia. D J Powell named assistant trainmaster in McAlester with Navy depot work.
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Jimmy
Kennett
Texas
Quanah
Quanah, Acme & Pacific By. Co
Rock Island Lines
Division
Amarillo
W. B. Futral
Little Rock
Ark
City
Cogdells
Parker Street
Julius Hinkle
Rock Island
Seattle
Uncle Sam
Camp Lee
Virginia
D. J. Powell
Oklahoma
McAlester
Navy Ammunition Depot
Railway and telegraph news from Amarillo and area
O R Bodeen led a rules meeting for telegraph operators in Amarillo. Retirement announced for S A Covington of Wichita Falls division after 20 years with Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. Various crew changes and transfers noted across Childress Amarillo routes and routes to Texline and San Antonio.
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O. R. Bodeen
Childress
Amarillo
Q. J. Dial
H. B. Cade
J. E. McMeekan
H. C. Tims
W. O. Hamilton
S. J. McCravey
J. L. Southern
S. A. Covington
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Denver
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Association of American Railroads
Deek
Bate
Vitamin Foods
Casey Jones
Mississippi
Ilinois Central Railroad
John Luther Jones
Jones
Casey
Cayce
Kentucky
Casey” Jones
Wallace Saunders
Jackson
W. M. Ferguson
Railroad Retirement Board
Panhandle
Ferguson
George W. Pride
el Reno
Joe D. Denman, Jr
Joe
W. M. Sargent
Bill
A W. Haight
W. M. Clark
Carl W. Cox
W. D. McClure
A. P. Harring
D. W. McHugh
Territory
A. B. Adcock
Dalhart Division
Linit
SOAP
Vaso
Botte
Tommy Tinker
Georgia
Freestone
SKC
Macaroni Dinner
Shelfore's
Meal Sy West
Graham Crackers
Iney
Bess
The
Spat Mere
Ea More
Tealth
N. Buchanan
W. Sixth
J. L. Cogdell
California
ATLAS
Pinkney
Chuck
LEE R. & W. AD
Kellogg's
Calumet
Shefford
BIG M Green
Burlington
Joe C. Hudspeth
Channing
T. H. Henderson
W. D. Barnes
M.S. Patterson
C. W. McDaniel
S. H. Donoho
B. G. Sain
L. R. Lawrence
W. H. Martin
Frank Fidler
Texline
J. W. Mode
B. L. Daniels
Denver Northern
Earl Dodd
Mrs. Dodd
J. C. Sides
Earl
San Francisco
T. S. Dial
San Antonio
Morris
Randolph Field
Tully
Dave A. Cunningham
H. M. Pryor
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