Pullman Gallery Car

Updated on Sep 26, 2024

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Manufacturer Pullman Company Entered service 1950-present Car body construction Steel		Constructed 1950s-1970s Capacity 153-161 Car length 85 feet (26 m)

The Pullman Gallery Car was a double-decker passenger car built by Pullman-Standard during the 1950s to 1970s for various passenger rail operators in the United States.

The car's upper level was accessed by four sets of stairs in the middle vestibule. A narrow walkway with handrail and middle sections open looking below. Passengers disemarked from stairs from the vestibule on both sides. Original bench seating on lowere level was often upgraded to individual seats during rebuilds by operators. 8700 series cars features control cab not found in 7600 series cars.

Models

7006A series - built in the 1950s

7600 series - built in mid 1950s

8700 series - built in late 1950s and early 1960s

Canadian Vickers also manufactured gallery cars used by Canadian Pacific Railway Montreal passenger service and sold to Agence métropolitaine de transport.

Operators

AMT - Canadian Vickers-built gallery cars (all retired)

Amtrak: Acquired twelve cars from the Chicago and North Western Railway in the 1970s; ten coaches and food-service cars. Amtrak converted four of coaches into control cars in 1981–1982. All twelve were off the roster by 1994.

Canadian Pacific Railway - Montreal passenger routes and cars sold to STCUM and now with AMT

Chicago and North Western - sold cars to Metra and Amtrak

Metra - sold to UTA FrontRunner for use as parts for Comet I cars

Southern Pacific - Peninsula Commute, then Caltrain. Operated until 1971 and sold to Amtrak

Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner - for parts

Preserved Cars

Illinois Railway Museum

References

Pullman Gallery Car Wikipedia

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Models

Operators

Preserved Cars

References