Travel and Sleep, In Safety and Comfort

Pacific Peak, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

Such was the motto of the Pullman Company, a name that would become synonymous with rail travel and luxury. Founder George Pullman was inspired to design a better rail car, after spending an overnight train journey trying to sleep in his seat. His design would go on to be built, in one form or another, until the 1970's.

This car, Pacific Peak, ran with the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy, and is currently on display at the Illinois Railway Museum.

To City

Hmmm, train stations two weeks in a row. This is a good recreation of an early Metropolitan Division station, what would eventually become Chicago's famed elevated railway. It's on the property of the Illinois Railway Museum, and usually has a couple of trainsets standing by. The one featured is a former New York City subway car, which was undergoing renovation at the time.