Louisville and Chicago based company formed in 1871 by George M. Pullman to consolidate his southern controlled sleeping car lines, including those run in a partnership with Hannibal I. Kimball, those of the Southern Transportation Co. which Pullman leased along with his lease of the Central Transportation Co., and those of independent operator, Enoch Paine. In 1882 Pullman Southern was absorbed by the Pullman’s Palace Car Company after an exchange of stock, but retained its corporate identity until 1894 when all assets were sold to the Pullman's Palace Car Company for $11,309,200.

Records dating from the formation of the company until its dissolution by the directors of the Pullman’s Palace Car Co. in 1894. Included are the charter, bylaws, and directors’ and stockholders’ meeting minutes, 1871-1894; financial and accounting records-annual financial statements, earnings and income statements, ledgers and journals; and securities records-bonds, stock ledgers, correspondence, reports, and certificates. Also some general correspondence, an act of incorporation of Enoch Paine’s Crescent Sleeping Car Co., 1870-1871, an 1877 contract with the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co., and an 1894 car values appraisal and resolution regarding the transfer of company assets to the Pullman’s Palace Car Company.

See also records of the Southern Transportation Company in Record Group 10/00/11, and records of Pullman, Kimball, and Ramsey, Record Group 09/00/03, Pullman company Archives.