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| George Mortimer Pullman | Frontispiece |
| One of the earliest types of American passenger car | 8 |
| First locomotive built for actual service in America | 9 |
| Early passenger cars | 11 |
| American "Bogie" car in use in 1835 | 12 |
| Cars and locomotive of 1845 | 14 |
| Car in use in 1844 | 20 |
| Car of 1831 | 21 |
| Midnight in the old coaches | 23 |
| "Convenience of the new sleeping cars" | 24 |
| Early type of sleeping car | 28 |
| J. L. Barnes, first Pullman car conductor | 32 |
| One of the first cars built by George M. Pullman | 42 |
| The car in the daytime | 42 |
| Making up the berths | 42 |
| George M. Pullman explaining details of car construction | 46 |
| One of the first Pullman cars in which meals were served | 52 |
| The first parlor car, 1875 | 58 |
| Interior of Pullman car of 1880 | 64 |
| The rococo period car | 68 |
| More ornate interiors | 74 |
| The latest Pullman parlor car | 76 |
| First step in building the car | 84 |
| Fitting the car for steam and electricity | 90 |
| Work on steel plates for inside panels | 90 |
| Preparing the steel frame for an upper section | 94 |
| Sand blasting brass trimmings | 94 |
| Machine section, steel erecting shop | 100 |
| Fitting up the steel car underframe | 100 |
| Making cushions for the seats | 104 |
| Making chairs for parlor cars | 104 |
| Making frame end posts | 106 |
| Assembling steel car partitions | 106 |
| The vestibule in its earliest form | 108 |
| Axle generator for electric lighting | 110 |
| The sewing room, upholstering department | 114 |
| Forming steel parts for interior finish | 118 |
| Forming steel shapes for interior framing | 118 |
| Punching holes for screws | 124 |
| Shaping steel panelling | 124 |
| Riveting the underframe | 126 |
| Steel end posts in position | 126 |
| Type of early truck | 128 |
| Modern cast-steel truck | 128 |
| Ready for the interior fittings | 130 |
| Interior work | 130 |
| Pullman sleeping car, latest design | 134 |
| Front end of a private car dining room | 136 |
| Rear end of a private car dining room | 136 |
| Robert T. Lincoln, ex-President | 138 |
| Bedroom of a private car | 142 |
| Observation section of a private car | 142 |
| Modern Pullman steel sleeping car ready for the night | 146 |
| Modern Pullman steel sleeping car during the day | 146 |
| Cleaning and disinfecting the Pullman car | 152 |
| John S. Runnells, President | 156 |
THE STORY OF THE PULLMAN CAR
