FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: George Pullman improved comfort for railroad passengers (Part 1)
In Part 1 of this FreightWaves Classics article, the early career of George M. Pullman is profiled.
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In Part 1 of this FreightWaves Classics article, the early career of George M. Pullman is profiled.
George M. Pullman, in full George Mortimer Pullman, (born March 3, 1831, Brocton, New York, U.S.—died October 19, 1897, Chicago), American industrialist and inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, a luxurious railroad coach designed for overnight travel. In 1894 workers at his Pullman’s Palace Car Company initiated the Pullman Strike, which severely disrupted rail travel in the midwestern United States and established the use of the injunction as a means of strikebreaking. Early life and career Pullman was the third of 10 children born to James and Emily Pullman. The family relocated to A...