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Roomette and other private-room sleeping accommodations quickly gained popularity, and became the standard in the United States after World War II. Similar equipment later became commonplace in Canada and Mexico as well. The basic roomette design pioneered by Pullman remained standard in North America until well after the advent of Amtrak in ...
Cromwell Building in 1954. The Cromwell Building was an elaborate Mannerist/ Italianate style six storey office building on the corner of Bourke and Elizabeth Streets built in 1891, [30] featuring a deeply modelled array of pilasters and windows, and a top level with large circular windows. [31]
That same year, the 338-room Pullman Shanghai South opened, making it the 15th Pullman property in China, and the 45th in Asia-Pacific. [14] In 2015, the Sofitel Miami Airport was turned into a Pullman hotel, the first Pullman property in North America. By the end of 2015, 95 Pullman locations were opened. [15]
To provide for the upgrade, a new design of steel carriages was developed, to replace the worst of the E type sleeping carriages. The first car, Allambi, entered service in 1949 as a roomette sleeping car with a central corridor and ten sleeping compartments either side, with room for 20 passengers. The car was fitted with airconditioning and ...
December – Pullman-Standard builds the first bilevel commuter coaches for the Southern Pacific Railroad to use in the south San Francisco Bay Area. December – The last steam locomotive on the Southern Railway (U.S.) is retired from standby service.
In the case of the Southern Cross, not only was the name a local reference, but some of the interiors reflected the still mostly Victorian-era city of Melbourne. The Mayfair Room featured cast-iron lace style filigree arched wall sections and gas-lamp style light fittings, the Coolibah Restaurant featured illuminated aboriginal-style shields ...
Woman modelling streetwear, Australia, 1954. Fashion photo by Gervais Purcell (1919-1999). Ivor Hele wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Rt Hon R G Menzies, PC, CH, QC, MP; Charles Bannon wins the Blake Prize for Religious Art with his work Judas Iscariot; Overland literary magazine is founded, edited by Stephen Murray-Smith
The Overland is an interstate passenger train service in Australia, travelling between the state capitals of Melbourne and Adelaide, a distance of 828 km (515 mi). It first ran in 1887 as the Adelaide Express, known by South Australians as the Melbourne Express. [1] It was given its current name in 1936.