Description: Pullman-Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960 by Edward S. Kaminski This is an unopened BRAND NEW BOOK (not used). We handle all books with white gloves (no fingerprints on your book). A Railroad Bookmark is included with each book. Book is wrapped and mailed in a top-quality, durable container. We try hard to be the NUMBER 1 Railroad Book Dealer on ebay with 1,800+ titles. Order before 3:00 pm (ET) for same-day postal mailing. Note: This book is Out of Print and no longer available from the publisher (closed business, Dec. 2022). This ebay seller has a few NEW books. LAST FEW NEW BOOKS192 pages 418 b&w and color photos Pullman-Standard was for some years the largest freight car builder in North America, though perhaps more famous for passenger cars. This long-overdue book fills a gap in builder history, and provides an overview showing a selection of the many cars built over a 60-year span.The Pullman Company began to build freight cars in the 19th century. Merger with Haskell & Barker Car Company in 1921, and with Standard Steel Car Company in 1930, greatly expanded the capacity of Pullman, as both those companies already produced many thousands of cars per year. Pullman-Standard was particularly noted for pioneering the use of welding in freight car construction. Starting with experimental cars in the late 1930s, by 1947 new, standard designs were be introduced. First was the PS-1 box car, which sold in the tens of thousands, then came the PS-2 covered hopper, the PS-3 open top hopper, and finally the PS-4 flat car and PS-5 gondola. All benefited from Pullman-Standard's conversion to assembly-line techniques of mass production. At different times, Pullman-Standard had plants in Chicago; Hammond and Michigan City, Indiana; Butler, Pennsylvania; Bessemer, Alabama; and Worcester, Massachusetts. The book coverage extends to 1960, by which time the heavy freight car construction demands of the post-World War II period were ending. You'll find a rich trove numerous photographs, most never before published, from Pullman and Pullman-Standard, predecessors Haskell & Barker, Standard Steel Car Company, and Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. This book is an authoritative historical survey. It will be of interest to anyone who likes railroad history, particularly those whose enthusiasm is freight cars. As an important complement to other books on this subject, it also stands as a fascinating history in its own right. Ed Kaminski is well known as an authority on freight car builders, and this book takes its place alongside his earlier work on American Car & Foundry, Magor Car Company, and the Gregg company. It contains a rich trove of 418 photographs, most never before published, from Pullman and Pullman-Standard, and also from predecessors Haskell & Barker, Standard Steel Car Company, and Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company.Contents:Ch. 1: The History of Pullman-Standard, pg. 11-26,Ch. 2: Box Cars, Stock Cars and Refrigerator Cars, pg. 27-112,Ch. 3: Covered Hoppers, pg. 113-136,Ch. 4: Open Top Hoppers and Ore Hoppers, pg. 137-162,Ch. 5: Flat Cars and Gondolas, pg. 163-172,Ch. 6: Cabooses, pg. 173-186,Ch. 7: Index, pg. 187-192.Hardbound w/dust cover, 8.5x11, 192 pages, 418 b&w and color photographs with captions, Index. Visit our ebay store to view other books of interest. We add new books regularly so check back often. We sell books: Railroad, Aviation, Modeling books of the Golden Age Era. WE PACKAGE OUR BOOKS EXTREMELY WELL SO THE BOOK WILL NOT BE DAMAGED IN THE MAIL. No one packages books better than we do.
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