General Motors When the Train of Tomorrow was first on Pullman's drawing boards, it had a fifth car. The car was to be a matching baggage-dormitory for the train's staff and crew. It was drawn up as Pullman Lot 8604, Plan 7564. The car wasn't drawn up with a position for a name plate, so it would likely have remained unnamed. |
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The car would have provided sleeping quarters for 18 people. It was canceled in late 1946, before construction began. Ultimately, the train did need a fifth car for support, and that job fell to the Blue Goose. Images: Adapted in 2022 from a 1947 brochure, using the car's Pullman blueprints as a guide. |
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Blueprints and floorplans for all five matching cars can be found in the 1995 book The Official Pullman-Standard Library Vol 16, by W. David Randall and William G. Anderson. |
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