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A Nairn "Pullman" bus, converted to military use during World War II. The very long journeys made by the company required a variety of vehicles. The first used were Buick and Cadillac motor cars, and Buick in the United States issued an advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post in 1927 with the legend "Buick carries the Desert Mail". [3]
In Arabic, the word "pullman" is used to refer to a coach bus in Syria. In Arabic, it would be spelled "بولمان". In Latin America, pullman may refer to a luxury bus as well as to a railroad sleeping car. A Pullman loaf is a type of long, square bread originally developed to be baked in the small kitchens of Pullman rail cars.
Pullman automobile by Pullman Motor Company, maker of automobiles in York, Pennsylvania, U.S. from 1905 to 1917 Pullman Coaches, a bus operating company in Wales acquired by Veolia Transport Cymru, now Crossgates Coaches
York Pullman [1] is a bus operating company based in Rufforth, North Yorkshire, England. The first company to use the Pullman name was founded in 1926 by Norman Pearce and Hartas Foxton. The first company to use the Pullman name was founded in 1926 by Norman Pearce and Hartas Foxton.
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In 1924, the Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corporation was organized from the previous Pullman manufacturing department and recently acquired Haskell & Barker Car Company, to consolidate the car building interests of The Pullman Co. The parent company, The Pullman Co. was established as its own company and Pullman, Inc., was formed on June 21, 1927.
Chicago trolley bus 9338, a 1948 Pullman-Standard 47CS, eastbound on Irving Park Road just west of Greenview Avenue (in the Lakeview area of Chicago), on route 80, in 1968. An GM "Old Look" diesel bus operated by the United Motor Coach Company is alongside. Bus 131 was a 1959 model TD-4007 and was ex-St. Louis Public Service Co.
Pullman-Standard built 284 cars, known as Superliner I, from 1975 to 1981; Bombardier Transportation built 195, known as Superliner II, from 1991 to 1996. The Superliner I cars were the last passenger cars built by Pullman. Car types include coaches, dining cars, lounges, and sleeping cars. Most passenger spaces are on the upper level, which ...