Since we have been restoring a 1906 Pullman B&M cafe-coach at IRM I am familiar with a few of the features on the car. According to our records, C&S 543 was part of an order for 7 first class coaches nos 542 - 548, Lot 3367 Plan 2145-A. Without going out to the library, I know that we have the car's cross section drawing and drawings for the H&K seats type 97, fixed for bulkhead seats and pull-over for the interior. There are just a few other detail drawings in the library collection specifically for that order. Most likely we have the floor plan, possibly the body side elevation, the engineering description and the drawing list. If there are interior photos of the car (Pullman negatives 8551 - 8553) that would establish the wood side frames on the seats, also the original gas light fixtures and the interior stained glass on the upper windows (Pullman called that window type "Gothics"). I have made a slight modification to a drawing for the upper window in the lavatories (our library's version was fancier) to be identical to the curved stain glass in ours and had two of the three windows (we found the third opening on the interior later) made by a local professional stained glass artist. So that drawing is available if you need it. I note also that the original car had windows on the exterior ends and we have drawings for those too, as well as for some other standard features. So if something is ever needed just let us know.
Sincerely, Ted Anderson Pullman Library volunteer curator
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