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| Author: | Trevor Heath [ Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Brand New Pullman Car rolled out for the WHR |
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| Author: | Jack Powell [ Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Brand New Pullman Car rolled out for the WHR |
While no doubt commendable in its own right, this really has little to do with "preservation," as historically there were never any two-foot gauge Pullman cars on either side of the Atlantic. Even the still-extant SR&RL parlor car "Rangeley" was neither built by nor operated by the (American) Pullman Company. On the scale of historical accuracy, this new car probably ranks about even with the Strasburg Rail Road's "Marion," notwithstanding the undoubted superlative craftsmanship of the latter. On the other hand, the curved-glass end wall of this new car, while rather unusual in the eyes of most American viewers, does perpetuate the very similar design feature of a standard-gauge Pullman which operated on the Caledonian Railway (in Scotland) back around the turn of the twentieth century. Quite a few British Pullmans still exist in operational or static use, mainly parlors and kitchen-parlors. The umber-and-cream livery of the new Welsh Highland car is the British "moral equivalent" of Pullman Green. - G.J.C. |
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| Author: | Trevor Heath [ Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Brand New Pullman Car rolled out for the WHR |
Quote: The umber-and-cream livery of the new Welsh Highland car is the British "moral equivalent" of Pullman Green The color is actually Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway "Purple - Brown" the color and the use of the emblem being approved by the Pullman company and as used on the now preserved Ffestiniog Railway in the 19th century. By the way weren't you killed in 1933......run down by one of your successors engines. Risen from the dead have you, just like the Welsh Highland Railway. TH |
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