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	Sleeping car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The interior of a Pullman car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad circa 1900.
		The sleeping car or sleeper is a railroad car with sleeping facilities.
		An example of a more basic type of sleeping car is the European couchette car, which is divided into compartments for four or six people, with bench seating during the day and double- or triple-level bunk-beds at night.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sleeping_car (1548 words)

	SRM Features: Pullman Fundamentals
		The first prototype "sleeper car" was the result of modifications made to a standard coach in 1859.
		Cars from this era were still made entirely of wood (except for the wheels and axles); heat came from a wood-burning stove and light from candles.
		The first all-steel sleeping car was built in 1907 but was not mass produced until 1910.
	www.srmduluth.org /Features/pullmans.htm (676 words)

	VR Henkilöliikenne - Night train fares and car package prices
		Sleeping berths may be cancelled before the departure of the train with a commission of €4.00 being charged, or two weeks after the time of departure of the train (as specified in the ticket) with a commission of €8.00 being charged.
		A sleeping berth may be sold to another passenger in case the person having booked the berth fails to be in the sleeping compartment during ticket inspection or fails to have advised the conductor of his absence.
		Should a car space be cancelled during off-season at the latest, two days before the departure of the train, or during high-season at the latest, one week before the departure of the train, the car transport price is returned to the passenger against the relevant CarTrain ticket, as deducted by a commission.
	www.vr.fi /heo/eng/lapin_matkat/hinnat.htm (657 words)

	Sleeping Car on Train, Turkey
		Sleeping car fares are quite cheap by European or North American standards: US$68 single, US$76 for two persons (taxes and service included) on the overnight Ankara Express between Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey's most expensive sleeper train (and my favorite).
		Unlike couchettes or passenger cars, sleeping compartments are private: one person, a couple, or three people rent the entire compartment, assuring privacy.
		Each sleeping car has its own porter who makes up the beds in the evening, converts them back to seats in the morning, brings drinks and snacks to passengers in the compartments, announces meal times, and generally sees to passengers' comfort and welfare.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /Transportation/Train/SleepingCar.html (293 words)

	Railroad collections
		Heretofore, sleeping arrangements had been provided by the railroads, which had permitted passengers to sleep in their seats, which were pulled together for overnight travel.
		His first sleeping car built to his specifications was the "Pioneer" which was ready, by coincidence, to carry part of the Lincoln funeral party from Chicago to Springfield in 1865.
		First, rather than operating railroads, Pullman leased his sleeping cars to the railroads and provided the complete services on them including supplying the porters, conductors, dining staff, and the food and linens.
	americanhistory.si.edu /archives/d8181.htm (787 words)

	Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George" (SPCSCPG) was an association formed by railway sleeping car porters to promote the elimination of the degrading and racist practice of referring to all porters by the name "George" regardless of their actual name.
		The name refers to George Pullman, of the Pullman Company, which at one time manufactured and operated a large proportion of all the sleeping cars in North America.
		Porters were overwhelmingly African American, and the practice presumably derived from the old custom of naming slaves after their masters, in this case porters being regarded as servants of George Pullman.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Society_for_the_Prevention_of_Calling_Sleeping_Car_Porters_George (283 words)

	Woodruff -- Central Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Car Builders in Springfield and thus had a friendship with Caleb Parker at the time Parker was a principal in Barney, Parker and Company (predecessor to
		The Woodruff car was withdrawn from the NYC and adopted by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use on its run between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
		Among his inventions -- besides the sleeping car apparatus -- were a coffee-hulling machine, a surveyor's compass and a steam plow.
	www.ironhorse129.com /rollingstock/builders/woodruff-central_transportation.htm (618 words)

	Pullman Sleeping Car Web-Site - Pullman Sleeping Car Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George pullman was the inventor of the pullman sleeping car.
		The sleeping car is a railroad car on a train with sleeping facilities the american railroads bought out the pullman company's sleeping car business and operated the cars themselves.
		In harlem and the brotherhood of sleeping car porters was born.
	www.mysleepguru.com /sleep/pullman-sleeping-car.html (911 words)

	Amtrak - Traveling With Amtrak - Before You Ride - How to Book... - Options for Sleeping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A: The purchase of sleeping accommodations is considered to be an upgrade to your regular rail fare.
		As First Class passengers, you and your sleeping car companions (up to the maximum passenger capacity for your acommodation) are entitled to receive all regular meals as part of your accommodations.
		Sleeping car passengers are entitled to a range of hotel-like amenities, including fresh linen and towel service, complimentary bottled water and daily newspapers.
	www.amtrak.com /servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/Title_Image_Copy_Page&cid=1080080554190 (489 words)

	George Pullman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He used his money and success to develop a comfortable railroad sleeping car, the Pullman sleeper.
		Although the sleeper cost more than five times the price of a regular railway car, by arranging to have the body of President Abraham Lincoln carried from Washington, D.C. to Springfield on a sleeper, he received national attention and the orders began to pour in.
		Thornton Wilder´s play Pullman Car Hiawatha (1931) describes some actors reharsing a fictional play set aboard a Pullman sleeper, which gives name to the play.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Pullman (460 words)

	Hunters Point
		Cars with this room configuration, commonly referred to as "4-4-2", became a popular standard on the American railroads.
		Rooms in these cars were designed for couples or families traveling together, as well as single travellers desiring more luxurious accommodations than a roomette or open section.
		Visitors touring our two historic sleeping cars, Hunters Point and Rose Bowl, will be able to see the complete selection of standard sleeping car rooms which were available on American passenger trains during the streamliner era.
	mcscom.com /asra/Hunter.htm (468 words)

	GGRM. Passenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Like other Pullman cars, this car is commonly referred to by the layout of the sleeping arrangements, in this case a 4-4-2 sleeper.
		That is, the car had 4 bedrooms each sleeping two persons, 4 compartments each sleeping 2 people, and 2 drawing rooms each sleeping three people, for an overnight capacity of 22 people plus a porter.
		The car was rescued by a member of the GGRM in the late 1980's when the hotel ceased operations, and it was moved back to the Bay Area.
	www.ggrm.org /about_the_museum/passenger/civiccenter.htm (589 words)

	- Sleeping car Fires ?
		The sleeping car stock at the time was based on the Mk1 coaches from the 1950's.
		This was because of low manning levels in the sleeping cars, ie 1 attendant serving 2 or more cars, and problems with non sleeping car passengers gaining access to the cars.
		The project to convert redundant sleeping cars to day coaches turned out not to be feasible; GNER have since taken on a lot of ex-Virgin Mk3 day coaches.
	www.trainnet.org /dcforum/DCForumID26/67.html (3548 words)

	The scoop on sleeper pricing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sleeping cars and other extra-fare travel options such as Business Class show up as “Accommodation charges” on tickets, and are priced separately from — and in addition to — the cost of the rail transportation reflected in the standard coach fare.
		Sleeping car attendants on the Lake Shore use the space in vacated bedrooms to put out a healthy array of fruit as the train travels east across New York state.
		On the other hand, because buying a sleeping car accommodation always entitles its holder to the lowest rail fare bucket, adding a second person in the room on longer trips can often be accomplished at little extra charge.
	www.trains.com /Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/683irlqu.asp (1800 words)

	Sarah-Jane (Saje) Mathieu\| North of the Colour Line: Sleeping Car Porters and the Battle Against Jim Crow on Canadian ...
		The porter was responsible for all aspects of the sleeping car ride, except for collecting tickets, which the conductor performed.
		Sleeping car porters tended smoggy smoking cars, swept up cigarette and cigar ashes, washed out cuspidors, and inhaled stale, smoky air for hours on end.
		Sleeping car porters understood that these racialized fantasies were inseparable from their passengers’ other expectations.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/llt/47/02mathie.html (11711 words)

	French train ignites -- 12 killed / 5 from U.S. family among victims in sleeping car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As is common in Europe, the train consisted of a mix of cars from national railways along the route, including a French locomotive at the head and two German sleeping cars.
		According to the statement, the car underwent an extensive renovation in 1999, was overhauled in 2001 and was last inspected two days before the fatal blaze.
		Deutsche Bahn said its sleeping cars were fitted with fire extinguishers, but usually not with smoke detectors because in many trains smoking is still permitted in some sections.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/11/07/MN148077.DTL (853 words)

	Old Time Trains
		The inside of the car is chaste, tasteful and elegant, and must elicit the admiration and gratify the highly cultivated taste of the Prince and his suite.
		The inner walls of the car from one end to the other, are composed of beautifully curled maple panels, set in fl walnut frames, surmounted by a neat and highly ornate cornice, edged with gold, and decorated with a light colored variegated head lining.
		Every part of the car was made by the artisans employed at the depot, and the wood of which it is composed was all cut in Canadian forests.
	www.trainweb.org /oldtimetrains/sleepingcar.html (1536 words)

	Pullman Palace Sleeping Car (Getty Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In this ornate sleeping car, not even the rowdiest Westerners were allowed to wear their boots to bed.
		Prior to the Pullman car, most rail coaches consisted of little more than rickety wooden boxes with wooden seats or benches, inadequate heating and ventilation systems, and inadequate springs that made for a rough ride.
		Each car was equipped with a hundred sheets and pillowcases, forty blankets, and various towels.
	www.getty.edu /art/collections/objects/o135486.html (183 words)

	How to Buy a Car Camping Sleeping Bag
		One of the benefits of car camping is that you don't need to worry about the weight and versatility of your sleeping gear and can focus instead on comfort
		Consider whether you are likely to be sleeping alone or with a partner, as this will help you choose the shape and length of your bag.
		Rectangular bags are roomier at the feet and are more spacious when zipped with a bag that has a mated zipper; mummy bags are warmest for solo sleeping because they fit tightly and insulate the shoulders, neck and head.
	www.webeuhcampin.com /How_to/camping_sleeping_bag.htm (411 words)

	Rail Cars - Car Builder's Dictionary - CPRR Photographic History Museum
		The newer sleeping cars (built by Barney and Smith) were rebuilt as Pullman cars while the older Silver Palace cars went into secondary service for Pullman, and were later returned to Central Pacific and rebuilt into a variety of other types of cars, including business cars, dining cars, and coaches.
		Pullman, however, lost out to sleeping cars owned by the railroads themselves, with all profits therefor passing to the railroad companies.
		G - Barney and Smith cars are vaguely visible behind the open excursion car at the end of the train.
	www.cprr.org /Museum/Car_Builders_Dictionary (1235 words)

	Pullman Porter - Tzar of the Sleeping Car
		Pullman Porter - Tzar of the Sleeping Car
		When cars in which one could actually go to sleep for the night in a real bed were yet a nine days' wonder, things were otherwise and there were white porters in those days.
		The same spotter may not be on a given car twice in several months or even longer, but there is always the uncomfortable assurance that one of his fellows is probably on duty in his stead.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/pullport.Html (2204 words)

	Guide Introduction: Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters–Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Indeed, in 1925 four major developments, including the founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, changed for all time the relationships between fl workers and American corporations on the one hand, and between fls and whites in the organized labor movement on the other.
		As a result of that election, on 1 June 1935, the National Mediation Board certified the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters as the legitimate representative of porters and maids, thus ending a long struggle for recognition by Randolph and his union.
		The first set of records concerns the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), which was recognized in 1937 as the legitimate bargaining agent of the Pullman Company's sleeping car porters.
	www.lexisnexis.com /academic/guides/african_american/bscp/bscp3.asp (4336 words)

	Society: Work, Pullman Porters
		A.Philip Randolph, the founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was the union's national president, with headquarters in New York City.
		Finally in 1937, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was accepted by the Pullman Company as the official representative for the porters.
		In 1978, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters merged with a larger union, the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks, and ceased to exist as an independent organization.
	northbysouth.kenyon.edu /2000/Fraternal/pullman1.htm (801 words)

	George Pullman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Pullman (1831-97) was the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car.
		When a Pullman car was attached to the funeral train carrying Abraham Lincoln's body, demand for Pullman's product surged, and the Pullman Sleeping Car Company grew quickly.
		The town of Pullman was a planned community, with schools, theaters, library, hotel, all operated by the Pullman Sleeping Car Company.
	www.graveyards.com /IL/Cook/graceland/pullman.html (327 words)

	Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping in Car related weird sleeping places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Best places to stop, park up and sleep are near the Cable car in Queenstown,Victoria Place in Nelson and the seafront in Kaikoura..well pretty much anywhere..but please do not sleep in Westport, for some reason (and no offence to anybody living there) this town really freaked me out.
		If you get a car that has rear seats that fold forward you can sleep with your feet and legs in the trunk and be quite comfortable for a lot less than an airport vicinity hotel.
		of course, we had a compact car so we had to drive to a nearby car rental to upgrade to the larger model but it was huge and we had access to it from inside the car.
	www.sleepinginairports.com /strange/car_strange.htm (3092 words)

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