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Private Cars of the Rich Shape Early 20th Century Travel
The piece traces the rise of private railroad cars among elites, noting costs from fifteen to fifty thousand dollars, with famed examples like the Czar’s $500,000 train and Vanderbilt’s Ellsmere. It contrasts wealth travel with wartime restrictions, detailing interiors, amenities, and how the Railroad Administration curbed use during a crisis.
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Russia
Diaz
Mexico
W. Seward Webb
Vanderbilt
Iteas
Beng
Adjedan
Aldé
Vanderbilts
Astors
Carnegie
Rockefellers
Railroad Administration