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 Post subject: Pullman fern pattern carpet
PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:39 pm 

Has anyone found sources for art deco style carpet for Pullman cars & lounge cars? Ideally we'd like to find the green-background and maroon-background fern pattern commonly used in Pullmans (Southern Pacific also used this in their lounge cars), or at least something similiar, suitable for a 1940 interior.

Thanks!
- Doug Debs / GGRM

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 Post subject: Re: Pullman fern pattern carpet
PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:38 am 

We've had good luck with the patterned carpets from Durkan (www.durkan.com). They have fern patterns in their Art Deco collection as well as other very close approximations of railroad carpet in their Archives collection. We used the maroon/green fern pattern in our GM&O "Abraham Lincoln" tail car. It looks great and has worn very well. It's not the cheapest stuff in the world but the best we've been able to find, and I know of several private car owners who have been happy with it as well.

Museum of Transportation
mbutterworth@stlouisco.com


  
 
 Post subject: linoleum?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 7:39 am 

How about a source for that heavy ribbed tranist grade of linoleum (or is it rubber?)that runs down the aisles in streetcars?

dave

irondave@bellsouth.net


  
 
 Post subject: Re: linoleum?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 8:38 am 

> How about a source for that heavy ribbed
> tranist grade of linoleum (or is it
> rubber?)that runs down the aisles in
> streetcars?

> dave

run thru this site, they may have what you are looking for


http://www.rcarubber.com/page11.asp
lamontdc@adelphia.net


  
 
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