Box 14
Container
Contains 1 Result:
1912-1950 - Suggestions and Test Files - Sleeping Car, Flagg, File No. 48-9, 1914-1935
File — Box: 14, Folder: 130
Identifier: Case Pullman 05/02/02
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
In 1912 the Pullman Company formalized the adoption of standards for the construction of cars and the equipment used on them, creating a Committee on Standards to oversee the process, which included the consideration of all employee suggestions for improvements. An Engineer of Tests (A. M. Johnsen, 1916-1956) was also appointed to analyze the safety, strength, and wearing qualities of all types of materials necessary for car construction and maintenance. The Committee on Standards was...
Dates:
1914-1935