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One structure will be owned by Ed and Beatriz Schweitzer, one will be owned by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories ...
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At the turn of the century in 1900, the railroads were getting new equipment as more passengers could afford first class. It was also when the Pullman Company opened a ...
Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s state funeral in 1965.
Railroad Days was created ‘to create a national tourism event that really celebrated the railroad and industry heritage of Pullman.’ ...
President Barack Obama recalled his days as a community organizer on Chicago's south side as he signed an order Thursday declaring the historic Pullman neighborhood the Pullman National Monument.
The Pullman Company closely monitored the activities of their employees, the porters, and punished those who supported the union.
During this period, the Pullman Company was the largest railroad manufacturing company in the world and the largest employer of African Americans in the country, providing jobs as Pullman Porters to ...
Inside the B&O Railroad Museum, you'll find centuries' worth of railroad history. Much of it is also Black history.
Since the Pullman Company began employing Black men — many former slaves — as porters to wait on passengers in 1867, they were simply called “George” as a derogatory acknowledgment that ...