Drawings -Linen - Numbered - CE A 53 -CE A 3297
Scope and Contents note
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 elevations, 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 not all, Pullman car lots and several miscellaneous specifications, including drawings lists for remodelled heavyweights, lighting fixtures, trucks, etc.
Ground Plan of Cars of the Pullman Company (1870-1905) also available on microfilm.
Creator
- From the Collection: Pullman Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Repository Details
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