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Name |
Pullman Sleeper 10075 "Cascade Lane" |
Nomenclature |
Car, Sleeping |
Catalog Number |
RS1993.001.001 |
Description |
"Cascade Lane" is a '10-5' sleeper car, meaning it had 10 single rooms and 5 double rooms, built in 1939 by the Pullman Car Company of Chicago. The Pullman Company leased the sleeper car to the New York Central Railroad as number 10075, where it was one of 33 used on luxury runs of the "20th Century Limited" and "Empire State Express" trains. In 1944 the Pullman Company lost an anti-trust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice to separate the company's sleeping cars operations from its manufacturing operations. After several years of negotiations, Pullman sold "Cascade Lane" to New York Central in 1948. In 1958, New York Central sold the sleeper to Canadian Pacific, who renamed it "Brookdale." CP retired the sleeper car in 1968 and donated it to the Canadian Railroad Historical Association, which donated it to the ECRM in 1993. Today the car is undergoing restoration to its 1948 New York Central Railroad appearance. |
Date |
1939 |
Length (cm) |
2575.560 |
Material |
Steel/Iron/Glass/Paint/Wood |
Place of Origin |
Chicago, IL, USA |
Made |
Pullman Company |
Status |
On Permanent Display |