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The Pullman Public Library was officially dedicated, on April 11, 1883.   For the event, a special train that included a pullman coach named "The Librarian" ran from Chicago to the company town of Pullman, Illinois, where the ceremonies were held in the town's theater.   Although George Pullman was present, the dedicatory address was read by Professor David Swing, a pastor of Central Church in Chicago and friend of George Pullman.  

Pullman car naming did follow a pattern of sorts. A particular type and configuration would have a common word in the name. For example, there was a set of Pullman heavyweight cars with sic double bedrooms and a lounge known as the "DOVER series" and each car's name started with the word "DOVER". Pullman did the same thing with the lightweight PACIFIC series of 10-6 sleepers. There was a series of private cars available for charter known as the EXPLORER series and each was named for an explorer: Roald Amundson, Ferdinand Magellan, etc.

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Torsion bar suspensions have been around since the early 1900s where they first made their debut on some passenger cars. Over the decades that followed many manufacturers adopted a torsion bar suspension design for some of their platform offerings.   A torsion bar suspension, also known as a torsion spring suspension, is any vehicle suspension that uses a torsion bar as its main weight-bearing spring. One end of a long metal bar is attached firmly to the vehicle chassis; the opposite end terminates in a lever, the torsion key, mounted perpendicular to the bar, that is attached to a suspension arm, a spindle, or the axle. Vertical motion of the wheel causes the bar to twist around its axis and is resisted by the bar's torsion resistance. The effective spring rate of the bar is determined by its length, cross section, shape, material, and manufacturing process.

Historically, clerestory denoted an upper level of a Roman basilica or of the nave of a Romanesque or Gothic church, the walls of which rise above the rooflines of the lower aisles and are pierced with windows.      Similar structures have been used in transportation vehicles to provide additional lighting, ventilation, or headroom.   Clerestory roofs were used on railway carriages (known as "clerestory carriages") from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1930s.

The first Pullman coaches in England had clerestory roofs, and were imported and assembled at Derby, where Pullman set up an assembly plant in conjunction with the Midway Railway, a predecessor of the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). The first coach, a sleeping car named "Midland", was assembled and ready for trial-running in January 1874.


Note #1: I will combine shipping for multiple items. Please purchase the items but do *NOT* pay. I will review and calculate shipping as close as to what I have to pay. I will then forward an invoice with the adjusted shipping. If you do pay ahead of this recalculation I will refund the shipping difference as part of preparing the items for shipment.

Note #2: I want you to be happy with your purchase and would appreciate you leaving positive feedback. In the event you are not, please contact me immediately before leaving feedback so we may resolve it. Thank you.  

Note #3: If not previously stated item(s) come from a smoke-free environment with cats.

Note #4: This is a Grandma & Grandpa shop. We have a 4 business day shipping window (this means that if you pay for your order on a Friday it may not get shipping until the following Thursday). We do combine shipping especially when we are asked about it.

If you want combined shipping, please purchase all your items in one order. If you purchase items in more than one order, send us a message so that we know about the additional items and box the orders together. (When items are bought in multiple orders, we do not always notice they were bought by the same person unless we are notified by the buyer.) We refund extra shipping charges when combined shipping is requested. If we ship items separately, we do not issue a shipping refund.

For our International customers: YES!! we do combine shipping. The most economical way for you to buy multiple items from us is for you to send us a list of the items you want to buy. Do not purchase them as they are listed!! (This leads to higher than necessary fees & shipping.) Send us a complete list of all the items you want. Then we will cancel the listings for the items and turn them into a special listing just for you (We'll send you the listing named before making it active). It will have your full purchase with the correct shipping box size and weight. This saves you on the international fees & shipping.