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Pullman & La Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grand Express Européens News Edition No.40 - January & February 2018 - of 54

Pullman Car Services - Archive

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“The quality of service is remembered long after the price is forgotten”

January & February 2018 Edition No.40.


COVER PHOTOGRAPH: C.Lade Archive/Brighton Gazette. Brighton Station and Conductor Chris Lade walks beside the Brighton Belle. The accompanying photograph to the ‘End of Line For The Belle’ article that was published within the ‘Brighton Evening Argus on March 15th, 1971’ (Refer to Page 22 for the article). Publication of the newsletter being scheduled on or about the 1st of January, March, May, July, September and November. The next edition editorial deadline date of Monday February 26th, 2018, with the scheduled publication date of Thursday March 1st, 2018. The views and articles within this publication are not necessarily those of the editor. Every effort has been made to source and contact all copyright holders, I will be happy to make good within the next available newsletter any errors of omission brought to my attention. The copyright of all photographs featured within each newsletter remain with the photographers credited. No part of this newsletter may be reproduced in any way without prior written consent from the editor. Changing your Email address, or wish to be removed from the mailing list, please send an Email to the [email protected] with your request, it’s as simple as that.

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From the Coupé. Welcome aboard your bi-monthly newsletter. I take this opportunity to thank those readers who have kindly taken time to forward contributions in the form of articles and photographs for this edition. I remain dependent on contributions of news, articles (Word) and photographs (jpg) formats in all aspects of Pullman and CIWL operations both past, present, future and related aspects within model railways. All I ask of you for the time I spend in producing your newsletter, is for you to forward on by either E-mail or printing a copy, to any one you believe would be interested in reading your newsletter.

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Editors Acknowledgement. My thanks to the following contributors for their assistance in the production of this issue of your newsletter, by way of either articles and/or photographs, for without these contributions this edition of your newsletter would not have been possible: - C.Lade, N.Lade , G.Behrend, D.Lindsay, A.Ford, B.Haresnape, T.Knox, D.Jones, J.Wheller, R.Barber, J.M.Boyes, M.O’Neill, D.Stewart, T.Mulligan, C.Hanley, A.Willats, A.Williams, C.Warneford, J.Morel, M.Morant, G.Martin, R.Dyke, D.Delattre, T.Bate, J.Geilen, R.J.L.Bayliff, J.Griffin. My thanks to the following Publications, Societies & Web Sites: - Pullman in Europe, Pullman Profile No.2, Pullman Travelling in Style, Railway Magazine, PCS-Archive, The Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust, The Pullman Society, IRPS, Night Mail -Project, 5 BEL Trust, Steam Days, Brighton Evening Argus, OVP, NRM, Bachmann Europe PLC, Hornby, Bluebell Railway, 20th Century Fox, SNCF & Accor, GB Railfreight, Eurotunnel, HS1.

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Page 1 Cover Photograph. 2 From the Coupé

3 Editors Acknowledgement. 4 Menu. 5-8 Pullman Car History “MARJORIE”. 8 Photograph of Class ‘C’ No.31037 & CAR No.41 - D.Stewart. 9 Free Internet Newsletters, Magazines & Web Sites.

10-11 Look Back at Pullman. 12-19 LNER Pacific’s - T.Knox. 20-22 The Christopher Lade Archive - N.Lade.

23 The Pullman Society Journal. 24 Belmond British Pullman - G.Martin.

25-26 Pullman Cars, North Main Street, Las Vegas. 27-28 Richard Barber - Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust. 29-30 OVP. 31 Pullman Profile No.5 The Golden Arrow & Ocean Liner Express Pullmans. 32 NRM. 33-35 Pullman Preservation & Restoration. 33-35 Bluebell Railway - Pullman Report - D.Jones. 36-39 5 BEL Trust - Bringing Back the Brighton Belle. 40 Bachmann Europe PLC - 2018 New Pullman Products. 41-42 Hornby 2018 New Pullman Products. 42 TigerTaz Models. 43 International Railway Preservation Society & Night Mail Project.

44-51 SNCF Pullman Express at St Pancras International, London for the film launch of Murder on The Orient Express on Thursday November 2nd, 2017.

52-53 Postbox. 54 Tail Lamp.


PULLMAN CAR HISTORY. MARJORIE4.

Pullman Identity: MARJORIE4. Type of Car: Kitchen First Class. Into Service: 1924. Builder: Midland Railway Carriage & Wagon Company. Pre-1960 Schedule No: 167. Post 1960 Schedule No: 167. Tare: 40t. Seats: 22 (1x1). Bogies: 2 x 4 wheels. Brake: Vacuum. Length (over Vestibules): 63’ 10”. Extreme Width: 8’ 7”. Roof: Ellongated. 2Table Lamps Type: ‘E’ Type. 1Type 1932 List: -/K. 1Route Restriction (SR): -/1. 1Entries such as -/H indicate that the car was not originally given a Type letter, but was classified as Type H after 1932. Entries such as (A)/G indicate that the car was originally (old) type A, and was re-classified as Type G about 1932. Entries such as (D) indicate that the car was originally (old) Type D, and was withdrawn before the new Classification was introduced in 1932. 1Entries such as (I) indicate that the car concerned would have been Restriction( I) had it been allocated to the S.R. when the latters scheme of Route Restrictions was compiled. Entry (4) for the 1960 cars (Schedule Nos.311 to 354 inclusive) is the B.R.(S.) equivalent of the British Railways Standard Restriction ‘CI’. Entries such as 6/2A indicates that the car concerned was originally Restriction 6, and S.R. Route Restriction2A. Entries such as -/2A indicates that the car concerned was not originally given a S.R. Route Restriction because it was not originally allocated to the S.R.; and that it was given Restriction 2A on being transferred to the S.R. 2 Interior Panelling & Scheme of Decoration. Maple veneered panelling with purple band and black line border ans a classic subject in marquetry on the large panels. The pilasters are inlaid with purple bands and black lines and the cornice inlaid with maple design on purple background. The Wilton carpet is plum of a trellis design and the chairs are covered with a floral moquette. Unusually, all the fixtures and fittings including hat racks, bracket lights and table lamps were finished in oxidised silver.


©A.Ford Collection.

MARJORIE on completion at the Midland Railway Carriage & Wagon Company. 2 1924 November. Allocated to Southern Railway Continental Boat Expresses.


Plan of MARJORIE.

4 1928. Repairs undertaken at a cost £64.10s.0d. 2 1930 July. By this date MARJORIE had been replaced on the Continental Boat Express by the 1928 refurbished ex-Continental Pullman cars.

4 1939 March. Spl: Ren: Curtains.



Coupe within MARJORIE.


Saloon Interior.


2 1948 July. Remodelled at the Pullman Car Company Preston Park Workshop, to Third Class CAR No.167. Seating increased to 30 (2x1).

2 1952 September. Noted within the formation of the ‘Tees Tyne Pullman’. 2 1963 December. Withdrawn and sold to Taylor Bros, and moved by rail to their Manchester

scrap yard for breaking up.

Information Sources: - 1 Pullman in Europe. G.Behrend 1962. ISBN not registered. 2 Pullman Profile No.2 ‘THE STANDARD K TYPE CARS’. Antony M Ford. ISBN 978-1-906419-22-6 3 Pullman Travelling in Style. Brian Haresnape. ISBN 0-7110-1648-8 4 Pullman Car Services - Archive. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

©D.Stewart. Clapham Junction 1960 with Class ‘C’ 0-6-0 No.31037 at this time allocated to Guildford shed, with the empty coaching stock of the ‘Bournemouth Belle’. CAR No.41 - BRC&W of 1921 - Third Class Kitchen, rebuilt to 1924 to Brake/Luggage car.


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LOOK BACK AT PULLMAN. 1873 - 145 Years Ago. February 15th.

George Mortimer Pullman arrives in England, for his first ever visit to attend The Midland Railway Shareholders Meeting at Derby. (Source; PCS-Archive).

February 18th. The Midland Railway Shareholders Meeting, Derby. G.M.Pullman attends the meeting as an invited guest of

Sir James Allport (1853 appointed to the general managership of the Midland Railway; an office which he held continuously, with the exception of a few years between 1857 and 1860, when he was managing director to Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co at Jarrow, until his retirement in 1880, when he became a director). Sir James Allport had visited the United States of America in 1872, during which he encountered his first Pullman car. At the shareholders meeting, G.M.Pullman spoke and gave details of his “At own risk” the building, shipment and construction in Derby of the first Pullman cars in England. All he wished was to charge a “Pullman Supplement” on top of the normal train journey fare. The outcome was the signing of a 15-year contract between Pullman and the Midland Railway. (Source; PCS-Archive).

1883 - 135 Years Ago. January 2nd. New Pullman cars BALMORAL & CULROSS enter service on the East Coast Mainline night service to Scotland.

The two new cars joining existing cars GERMANIA (1876) & INDIA (1876). (Source; PCS-Archive). February 1st. New sleeping cars ST.MUNGO & ST.ANDREW enter service, replacing cars CASTALIA (1876) & AUSTRALIA (1876) which were relocated to Italy. (Source; PCS-Archive).

1888 - 130 Years Ago. February 18th.

The contract between the British Pullman Car Company and the Midland Railway (1873 to 1888) expires and is not renewed. All Pullman sleeping cars are withdrawn from operation. (Source; PCS-Archive).


1923 - 95 Years Ago. January 1st. The newly formed London North Eastern Railway company gives urgent consideration towards finding profitable use for the Pullman cars inherited from the Great Eastern Railway. Deciding on an all Pullman service between Kings Cross and Newcastle-upon-Tyne via Leeds Central and Harrogate, Ripon and Darlington. This being a route untried for through express workings. The service to be titled “The Harrogate Pullman”. (Source; PCS-Archive).

1928 - 90 Years Ago. February 16th. At a ceremony at the French Embassy in London.

The French Ambassador presented Lord Dalziel with the insignia of the Grand Officer of the Legion d’Honour. (Source; Railway Magazine April 1928).

1933 - 85 Years Ago. January 1st.

Inaugural electric ‘Southern Belle’ service with 5BEL units 2051, 2052 & 2053. (Source; Julian Morel).

1943 - 75 Years Ago. January 24th.

Pullman car JOAN appeared on the 5.30 pm Paddington to Weston- Super-Mare relief service, the car was noted in all over Brown livery. (Source; Steam Days January 1993).

1948 - 70 Years Ago. January 1st.

Nationalisation of British Railway system, The Pullman Car Company being unaffected. (Source; PCS-Archive).

1963 - 55 Years Ago. January 1st. The Pullman Car Company Ltd., activities have been merged with those of British Railways and the British Transport Hotels Company. (Source; PCS-Archive).


As ever my thanks to Tommy Knox for the following information on steam hauled Pullman services on the East Coast Main Line. Within the text reference is made to ‘Up’ and ‘Dn’ workings. These relate thus, an ‘Up’ working is a service to London Kings Cross, and ‘Dn’ is a ‘Down’ working from Kings Cross. I.e. All lines to any of London’s terminals are classified as the ‘UP Line’. The Queen of Scots Pullman - January & February - 80 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 38.01.10 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.10 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.11 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.11 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.12 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.12 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.13 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.14 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.15 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.15 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.17 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.17 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.18 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.18 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.19 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.19 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.20 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.20 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.21 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.21 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.22 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.22 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.22 60080 Dn Queen of Scots from Leeds - Glasgow 38.01.24 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.24 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.25 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds

LNER PACIFICS The Eastern Region of British Railways

Pacific Class Locomotive Pullman Workings.

Tommy Knox.


The Queen of Scots Pullman - January & February - 80 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 38.01.25 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.26 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.26 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.27 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.27 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.28 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.28 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.29 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.29 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.01.29 60812 Dn Queen of Scots into Newcastle 38.01.31 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.01.31 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.01 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.01 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.02 60040 Up Queen of Scots from Glasgow - Leeds / Liverpool -

Newcastle from Leeds arr 21.13 38.02.02 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.02 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.03 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.03 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.04 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.04 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.05 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.05 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.05 60082 Dn Queen of Scots from Leeds - Glasgow 38.02.07 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.07 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.08 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.08 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.09 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.09 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.10 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.10 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.11 60054 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.11 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.12 60054 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.12 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.12 60080 Dn Queen of Scots from Leeds - Glasgow 38.02.14 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.15 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.16 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.17 60054 710 Up Queen of Scots failed at Sandy -

4451 on to Kings Cross 38.02.17 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.18 60053 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.18 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross


The Queen of Scots Pullman - January & February - 80 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 38.02.19 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.21 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.22 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.23 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.24 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.25 60056 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 38.02.26 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.26 60082 Dn Queen of Scots from Leeds - Glasgow 38.02.28 60056 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 38.02.28 60102 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds

The Queen of Scots Pullman - January & February 1958 - 60 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 58.01.02 60127 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 58.01.03 60126 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 58.01.04 60086 142 Dn North Briton into Newcastle /

131 Up Queen of Scots from Newcastle 58.01.04 60126 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 58.01.11 60036 142 Dn North Briton into Newcastle /

131 Up Queen of Scots from Newcastle 58.01.11 60127 noted in Edinburgh Waverley Stn /

Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 58.01.16 60131 131 Up Queen of Scots into Kings Cross 58.01.18 60086 142 Dn North Briton into Newcastle /

131 Up Queen of Scots from Newcastle 58.01.18 60127 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 58.01.21 60148 131 Up Queen of Scots 58.01.29 60130 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.01.30 60117 58 1.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 58.01.30 60148 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.01 60036 Up Queen of Scots from Newcastle 58.02.01 60127 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 58.02.01 60141 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.03 60148 58 1.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 58.02.05 60130 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.06 60130 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.08 60120 58 11.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 58.02.08 60153 Up Queen of Scots from Newcastle 175 mins late 58.02.08 60162 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 175 mins late 58.02.10 60118 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.10 60133 58 11.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 58.02.11 60148 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross


The Queen of Scots Pullman - January & February 1958 - 60 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 58.02.13 60118 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.14 60141 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.14 60539 131 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 58.02.15 60117 58 11.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 58.02.15 60120 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.17 60123 58 1.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds

923 17.33 Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.17 60141 950 Dn White Rose /

131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.18 60123 58 11.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross – Leeds 923 17.33 Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.18 60141 950 Dn White Rose /

131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds- Kings Cross 58.02.19 60116 131 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 58.02.19 60123 58 11.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds

923 17.33 Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.19 60141 950 Dn White Rose /

131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds- Kings Cross 58.02.20 60120 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.20 60123 58 11.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 58.02.21 60118 58 11.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 58.02.21 60123 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.22 60084 142 Dn North Briton into Newcastle /

131 Up Queen of Scots from Newcastle 58.02.22 60120 58 11.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds 58.02.22 60141 131 Up Queen of Scots from Leeds - Kings Cross 58.02.22 60517 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle 58.02.24 60133 58 11.50 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross - Leeds

Yorkshire Pullman - January & February 1938 - 80 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 38.01.01 60105 548 Up Yorkshire Pullman arr 14.40 /

595 16.45 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 38.01.03 60105 548 Up Yorkshire Pullman arr 14.40 /




595 16.45 Dn Yorkshire Pullman

















595 16.45 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 38.01.25 60111 548 Up Yorkshire Pullman arr 14.40 / 595 16.45 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 38.01.26 60097 548 Up Yorkshire Pullman arr 14.40 /
















595 16.45 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 38.02.12 60104 395 Leeds - Kings Cross arr 13.15 /

595 Dn Yorkshire Pullman from Kings Cross 38.02.14 60108 548 Up Yorkshire Pullman arr 14.40 /

595 16.45 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 38.02.15 60004 595 Dn Yorkshire Pullman from Kings Cross 38.02.16 60093 548 Up Yorkshire Pullman arr 14.40 /





595 16.45 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 38.02.22 60113 595 Dn Yorkshire Pullman from Kings Cross 38.02.23 60097 548 Up Yorkshire Pullman arr 14.40 /







Yorkshire Pullman - January & February 1958 - 60 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 58.01.10 60039 84 17.20 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 58.01.14 60814 19 Up Yorkshire Pullman 58.01.21 60508 84 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 58.01.22 60110 84 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 58.01.29 60066 84 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 58.01.30 60059 84 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 58.02.05 60029 84 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 58.02.07 60143 84 17.20 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 58.02.08 60148 19 Up Yorkshire Pullman /

88 Dn from Kings Cross 58.02.14 60062 84 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 58.02.14 60123 19 Up Yorkshire Pullman into Kings Cross 58.02.21 60062 788 06.40 Kings Cross - Grantham /

84 17.20 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 58.02.22 60140 Up Harrogate portion of Yorkshire Pullman into Leeds

(5on / Leeds - Newcastle arr 15.11

The Harrogate Sunday Pullman - January & February 1938 - 80 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 38.01.02 60054 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.01.02 60104 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.01.09 60056 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.01.16 60054 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.01.16 60056 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.01.23 60054 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.01.23 60056 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.01.30 60054 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.01.30 60056 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.02.06 60054 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.02.06 60056 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.02.13 60056 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.02.20 60056 on Doncaster shed / Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.02.27 60056 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 38.02.27 60102 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman


The Harrogate Sunday Pullman - January & February 1958 - 60 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 58.02.02 60148 (Sun) 19 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 58.02.09 60133 (Sun) 19 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 58.02.09 60134 (Sun) 84 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 58.02.16 60120 (Sun) 84 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 58.02.23 60133 (Sun) 19 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 58.02.23 60141 (Sun) 84 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman

The Tees Tyne Pullman - November & December 1958 - 60 years ago. Date: Locomotive: Working: 58.01.01 60156 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.01.03 60030 Dn Tees Tyne Pullman into Newcastle 58.01.07 60007 Up Tees Tyne Pullman arr 14.03 58.01.14 60122 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.01.27 60030 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.01.28 60016 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.01.29 60158 82 Dn Tees Tyne Pullman 58.01.31 60013 145 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.01.31 60059 n Tees Tyne Pullman 58.02.03 60521 111 Up Aberdonian / 16.50 Dn Tees Tyne Pullman 58.02.05 60007 82 Dn Tees Tyne Pullman 58.02.14 60025 145 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.02.17 60158 145 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.02.18 60157 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.02.20 60157 145 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.02.24 60018 101 Newcastle - Kings Cross / 82 Dn Tees Tyne Pullman 58.02.27 60122 145 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 58.02.28 60045 145 Up Tees Tyne Pullman

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can you help Tommy? Tommy is updating the database on a daily basis and would be most grateful if any newsletter reader who undertook train spotting in steam days could look through their notebooks and if they find any information to contact him. Tommy is also happy to answer any reasonable enquiries if he can. My email address is [email protected].



The Christopher Lade Archive. (Courtesy of Nick Lade))

Tuesday July 18th, 1961.

Cocktail Party Railway Gazette Premises.


Brighton Evening Argus - March 15th, 1971.

©C.Lade Archive.


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December 6th, 2017 - The Belmond British Pullman 1V80 Victoria to Bath - Greg Martin.

©G.Martin - DB Class 67 No.67021 heads the 1V80 Victoria to Bath passing Esher.

©G.Martin - LUCILLE within the formation of 1V80 Victoria to Bath passing Esher.

2018 and LUCILLE celebrates 90 years of Pullman operations.


Pullman Cars - North Main Street - Las Vegas. Further to my article with edition No.11 March-April 2013 Pages 17 to 25, that covered in detail the three cars that I photographed on one of my visits to Las Vegas.

©T.Bye.

Left to Right - Colorado Midland Office No. 100 & Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad No.92. My thanks to Terence Mulligan for advising of the following link to ‘You Tube’ with regard to the American television series ‘Pawn Stars’ and the disposal of the two cars as per the photograph above.

With no public access to view the cars interiors, ‘Pawn Stars’ gained access as part of the filming. The filming will have been undertaken pre-January 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzfWuAF2HDE&feature=youtu.be Further to the ‘Pawn Stars’ filming, the following was made public in January 2017. We’ve learned exclusively that before the trains were taken to Ely, they served as a location for an upcoming episode of “Pawn Stars.” Derek Stevens will presumably be shown haggling over the train cars with experts from the Las Vegas-based reality show. The announcement the classic train cars were for sale set off a bidding war. Bob Snow showed interest in the cars, and the town of Caliente, Nevada was also in the running for possession of the rolling pieces of Americana. Some bidders were deterred by the cost of transporting the cars, estimated to be about $100,000. Ultimately, the cars were sold to a waste and recycling firm, Western Elite. The company is expected to feature the vintage train cars in its annual Christmas Express (also called the Western Elite Polar Express). Christmas Express is a community outreach event where guests ride train cars towed by diesel trucks. You know, the rural version of a thrill ride.

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So, while it’s sad to see the train cars go, there’s some consolation in the fact they’ll be back in action and enjoyed by families in Ely. Yes, we asked how much the train cars sold for, but the answer isn’t straightforward. It wasn’t a completely cash transaction. The deal included trade for waste disposal services, which makes sense given the fact the Stevens brothers will be in construction mode on their new resort, currently called 18 Fremont (formerly the Las Vegas Club). No deal could be struck, hence the sale to the company in Ely. We’ve been asked how the nearby casino can be called Main Street Station if there are no longer trains involved. Well, there are two train cars at Main Street Station, the Louisa May Alcott Pullman car and another called Orlando Dawn.

©T.Bye. Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad No.92.

©T.Bye. Colorado Midland Office No. 100.


©J M Boyes - The Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust.

A4 Pacific No.60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ with the ‘Queen of Scots Pullman’ approaching Drem Station on May 5th, 1964.

The ‘Queen of Scots Pullman’ ceased operation on June 12th, 1964.

The Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust

For further details visit the Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust Website www.arpt51a.com Richard Barber

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©The Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust. Type 4 Co-Co D1514 on September 12th, 1964 at Newark with a Pullman service. D1514 entered service in March 1963, and withdrawn as 47415 at Gateshead in April 1987.


Pullman Profile No.5 - The Golden Arrow and Ocean Liner Express Pullmans - Antony M Ford.

This is the latest volume in Antony Ford’s acclaimed ‘Pullman Profile’ series. Recognised as the standard work on the Pullman cars operated on Britain’s railway in the 20th century, this latest volume considers the cars that made up the formations of two of the Southern Railway/Region’s prestige services. Individual car histories, interior and exterior views, plans and train make-up details all feature, as do photographs of the complete trains and the clientele of the period.

Publication Details.

ISBN: 9781909328709 Binding: Hardback Dimentions: 290mm x 215mm Pages: 176 Photographss/Illustrations: Over 150 photographs Current Publication Date: Thursday May 31st, 2018. RRP: £32.95

Crecy Publishing Ltd Unit 1a Ringway Trading Estate Shadowmoss Road Manchester M22 5LH Tel:0161 499 0024 http://www.crecy.co.uk/#


New additions to the NRM archive catalogue.

We are continuing to move our old archive lists to our new online archive catalogue. These are just a few of the archives that have recently been added. The Papers of E. J. Morris relating to the Pullman Car Company. In 1921 E.J. Morris joined the Pullman Car Company Limited as a messenger boy and worked his way up to General Manager in 1962. His papers include photo albums, drawings, correspondence, agreements and contracts, press cuttings, photographic material, published and printed items and lecture notes on the Pullman Company. Title Papers of E.J. Morris relating to the Pullman Car Company Reference EJM Date 1886 - 1967 Creator Morris, E.J. Scope and Content The material includes photo albums, drawings, correspondence,

agreements and contracts, press cuttings, photographic material, published and printed items and lecture notes on the Pullman Company

Extent 5 boxes Physical description Good condition Language English Archival history Donated by the son of E.J. Morris to the NRM in 1994. Level of description TOP Repository name National Railway Museum, York Conditions governing access Access is given in accordance with the NRM access policy.

Material from this archive is available to researchers through Search Engine Conditions governing Reproduction Copies may be supplied of items in the archive, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NRM’s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.

Related object PUL Engineering Drawings of the Pullman Car Company Appraisal None System of arrangement The drawings have been arranged as part of the E.J. Morris

collection, these are not listed in the object file

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January 2018. The Carriage and Wagon Department continue on the major overhaul of Car 54 at Horsted Keynes, with the underframe having been grit blasted using the new portable machine, and subsequently painted in red oxide. Previously an outside company ‘Sussex Blast Cleaning’ of Hailsham has been used, such as for the SECR Birdcage Brake, but obviously being able to do this in-house means it can be done to suit the overhaul programme schedule, and also is cheaper. In the meantime, the lifted body has continued to receive attention to the underside of the floor with Xtratherm insulation boards being fitted followed by planking. Timber to replace the rotted bottom end rails has been obtained and fitted, which is similar to work that has already been done on some of the early four-wheeler carriages, the main drawback being that one cannot obtain this Utile wood in long sections unlike the mahogany or teak available many years ago. On November 30th, there was a big event at Horsted Keynes, when the first of the carriages to be shunted into the new OP4 storage shed took place attended by official of the Bluebell, C & W volunteers and many of those who had contributed to the £350,000 cost of the new building. John Knight, the Project Leader for the Car 54 overhaul, took the opportunity to set out a display of items such as luggage racks and other fittings and updated those present on the latest progress. This was a useful exercise as this part of the new OP4 shed is not normally open to the public, and therefore Car 54 is not on view except for the occasional C & W Works tours on Special Event Days.

Pullman Preservation & Restoration

David Jones Bluebell Railway Pullman Report


©Bluebell Railway.

Car No.54 underframe being grit blasted using the new portable machine.

©D.Jones.

New piece of bottom rail next to the rotted old section.


©D.Jones.

Car No.54 underframe in red oxide.

©D.Jones.

Car No.54 body underside showing insulation panels and planking.

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Looking at the plans for Doris. 5BEL Trustee Mike Hart stands inside first class Car Doris looking at the interior plan. Behind him is a refurbished marquetry panel and all around him are the basic wooden fitments to which the beautiful panelling will be affixed. This car has made massive advances in such a short time, from being reduced to a shell at the start of the year. It has had major work on the steelwork after the extraction of asbestos, and now it is coming together rapidly with the final stages of interior fit being undertaken.

Bringing Back the Brighton Belle


Wall light. Special wall lights were designed and executed in 1932 specially for Brighton Belle. This is a reconstruction placed in position, so the Trustees could see it. The metalwork has been replated to give a clean nickel finish. The original lamp glasses have been replicated in the original sunbeam pattern and the bulbs are not filament high-energy using bulbs. Instead they are new LED bulbs, designed to offer ambient light indistinguishable from and old filament bulb, but using a tiny fraction of the energy. In total the reduction in lighting energy has allowed real relief for the electric motor generator sets on the train.


Examining coffee pot logo. 5 BEL Trust Chairman Denis Dunstone looks on in approval at the parquetry design in Motor Car No.91. Much energy, time and expense has gone into recreating to perfection the original 1930s Art Deco designs. His smile indicates the superb quality that has been achieved. The Trust is determined that this train will be restored and will operate to the highest standard. Car No.91 is now having the final details of its interior reconstruction completed, and then the seating will begin to follow.


Blue LED and tulip shade. In the roof, lamp sockets held miniature globe bulbs in very railway-like poses. Pullman designed and fitted ground-glass tulip-style shades, which we have managed to have manufactured new, as well as using stocks already available. Watchful for the recreation of the original effect, one of the ‘bluer’ LED miniature globe bulbs is being tested here in the roof-light strip along the saloon of Car No.91. The effect is good, but these bulbs will probably populate the corridor and vestibule spaces. It is worth going to the trouble to get this right - it all adds to the authentic Pullman atmosphere that we are able to recreate with this careful Art Deco reconstruction. http://brightonbelle.com/


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2018 New Pullman Products.

30-420 - REVISED TOOLING - WESTERN PULLMAN 6-Car DEMU - DCC with Sound.

Metropolitan Cammell (Birmingham) built 2, 6-car Pullman Diesel Multiple Units between 1959 and 1960. The two 6-car units worked between London St. Pancras and Manchester on the Blue Pullman service. Following electrification of the West Coast Main Line, Pullman services between London and Manchester transferred to the new electric railway for which new coaches were built. The two units were transferred to the Western Region in 1966 where they worked alongside 3, 8-car units. The former Midland Region units were fitted with cables on the cab front to enable the two units to be coupled together and they received a revised BR livery adopted for Pullman services of grey and blue (reversed corporate livery). All units were withdrawn in May 1973. We have revised our existing Pullman tooling to allow the later Western Region version of the 6-car former Blue Pullman unit to be modelled, as working on the Western Region of British Rail (1966 to 1973). Fully detailed cab and passenger interiors. Accessory pack includes full buffer-beam detail and semi-permanent close couplings. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

36-420 - Midland Pullman Stewards & Train Crew.


https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/

2018 New Pullman Products.

R3606 - Brighton Belle No.3053 - MBP CAR No.92 & 93.

R4871 - Brighton Belle First Kitchens GWEN & MONA, & Second Class Parlour No.85.


R4860 Pullman Observation CAR No.13.

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Anthony & Tracey North East based collectors of model locos, rolling stock, cars, buses and trucks, specialising in buying and selling a variety of second hand model items. Tigertaz Models was formed in 2014 after careful planning and a lot of research. They buy and sell second hand model items, mainly dealing in 00-gauge locos and rolling stock, also we have 1:76 scale cars, trucks, buses and lorries. Anthony & Tracey are passionate about railways, and hold a huge collection themselves. Anthony has a vast knowledge, therefore any questions you have he will more than likely know the answer. Their prices are very competitive, and they stock a vast range of tested and serviced, fully working, secondhand model railways 00-gauge locos, wagons, coaches, 1:76 scale cars, buses, trucks and lorries, also controllers, track and buildings. We also welcome overseas customers. Telephone: - 07788110566. E-mail us: - [email protected] Visit us on Facebook: - https://www.facebook.com/groups/113542938845130/ Visit us on the web: - http://tigertazmodels.co.uk/


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La Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grand Express Européens.

International Railway Preservation Society.

Les Grands Express Européens.

The journal of the International Railway Preservation Society.

Contents Issue No.18 Spring 2017. Editorial & Progress Report. Venice Santa Lucia to London on the Orient Express. Trains des Reves. UK Sleeping Cars? Stadler. DSB1st/3rd restoration.

Contents Wansford Mail No.37.

The journal of the Night Mail Project.

Editorial & Progress Report. 2017 TPO Events. Railway Letter Service. TPO Alphabet ‘W’. Apparatus Coach 80402 update.

For membership details E-mail [email protected]


SNCF Pullman Express at St Pancras International, London for the film launch of Murder on The Orient Express on Thursday November 2nd, 2017.

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits cars operated within the United Kingdom from the night of October 5th, 1936 with the “Night Ferry” sleeper service until withdrawn October 31st, 1980. The exception to a continuous operation being due to the Second World War 1939 to 1945, the service recommenced in late 1947. November 1st, 2017, being thirty-seven years and one day since the final departure of the “Night Ferry”, six Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits cars of the SNCF Pullman Express travelled from France to the United Kingdom through the Channel Tunnel. The train formation consisting of the six cars and fourgon were hauled by a GBRF Class 92 locomotive from Calais Fréthun to Dollands Moor. At Dollands Moor the formation awaited on movement via HS1 to St Pancras International. The motive power allocated being two Eurotunnel Krupp diesel locomotives No.0004 and 0003 which topped and tailed the formation, departing Dollands Moor at 23.00 for St Pancras International.

©Richard Dyke.

The SNCF Pullman Orient Express waits at Dollands Moor on November 1st, 2017.

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©Richard Dyke.

SNCF Pullman Orient Express at Dollands Moor November 1st, 2017. The six CIWL cars and fourgon being berthed in Platform 10, with the two Eurotunnel Krupp diesel locomotives No.0004 and 0003 being berthed in a siding outside St Pancras International.

©D.Delattre.


©T.Bate. CIWL No.4160 WPS First Class. Built 1929 Entreprises Industrielles Charentaises Aytré, La Rochelle. Interior décor by René Lalique.


The formation of cars from the buffer stop Platform 10: - CIWL No.4160. WPS - Wagon Pullman Cuisine First Class. Seating 20. Built 1929 Entreprises Industrielles Charentaises Aytré, La Rochelle. Interior décor by René Lalique. Allocated to ‘Côte d’ Azur’ - Paris to Nice. 1951 Exterior painted all over Blue and became Salon-bar car and allocated to the ‘Train Bleu’. UIC No. 61870970160-0. POE No. 51 88 09 70 160-1. CIWL No.4159. WPS - Wagon Pullman Cuisine First Class. Seating 20. Built 1929 Entreprises Industrielles Charentaises Aytré, La Rochelle. Interior décor by René Lalique. Allocated to ‘Côte d’ Azur’ - Paris to Nice. Converted to Pullman bar “Fleche D’Or”. UIC No. 61870970159-2. POE No. 51 88 09 70 159-3. CIWL No.2869. WR - Wagon Restaurant. Seating 42. Built 1925 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited. Allocated to ‘Simplon Orient Express’ - Paris to Istanbul. 1969 Allocated to the ‘Palatino’ - Rome to Turin. UIC No. 61870870019-9. POE No. 61 66 08 70 019-8 - “Anatolie”. CIWL No.2976. WR - Wagon Restaurant. Seat 56. Built 1927 Officine Meccaniche Italiane, Reggio d’Emilia. Allocated for service in Italy and Switzerland. 1965/6 Remodelled with full air conditioning. UIC No. 61870870026-4. POE No. 61 66 08 70 026-3 - “Taurus”. CIWL No.2979. WR - Wagon Restaurant. Seating 56. Built 1927 Officine Meccaniche Italiane, Reggio d’Emilia. Allocated for service in Italy and Switzerland. UIC No. 61870870027-2. POE No. 61 66 08 70 027-1 - “Riviera”.


CIWL No.4151. WPS - Wagon Pullman Cuisine First Class. Seating 20. Built 1929 Entreprises Industrielles Charentaises Aytré, La Rochelle. Interior décor by René Lalique. Allocated to ‘Côte d’ Azur’ - Paris to Nice. 1950 allocated to ‘Mistral’. Converted to Pullman bar for “Etoile du Nord”. UIC No. 61870970151-9. POE No. 61 88 09 70 151-8.

Fourgon (ex-Corail) No.508789700251.

©T.Bate.

On train staff within one of the three WSP cars.


©T.Bate.

©T.Bate.

The interior of an unidentified car.

Interior Lalique glass panels within the interior of one of the three WPS - Wagon Pullman Cuisine First Class.


©T.Bate.

©T.Bate.

The interior of an unidentified car.

CIWL No.2979. WR - Wagon Restaurant. Built 1927 Officine Meccaniche Italiane, Reggio d’Emilia.


©T.Bate.

Following the film launch on Thursday November 2nd, the train formation with the two Eurotunnel Krupp diesel locomotives No.0004 and 0003 departed St Pancras International at 00.20 on Friday November 3rd.

for Dollands Moor enroute back to France. My thanks to the following individuals, publications and Companies for their assistance in this article. 20th Century Fox. History of Train De Luxe - G.Behrend. SNCF & Accor. GB Railfreight. Eurotunnel. HS1. Doug Lindsay. Richard Dyke. Tracy Bate. Jos Geilen. R. J. E. Bayliff. D.Delattre.

An unidentified WR - Wagon Restaurant.


Postbox.

©Clive Hanley.

From: Terence Mulligan. Subject: A toast from the Dover Harbor crew. Next trip on the Dover Harbor, we'll offer you a champagne toast for regularly assembling so much Pullman material from so many contributors and archives into an enjoyable, professionally produced format that keeps all of us up-to-date worldwide. There is no other such source. Well done. Here, here. In Response: Thankyou Terence for your contributions over the years, I very much appreciate and always look forward to receiving your photographs and articles. It is really down to the contributors like your good self that make every newsletter possible. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Douglas Lindsay. Subject: Pullman & CIWL Newsletter No.39 - November & December 2017. Excellent latest edition of the newsletter!!! Wow what a lot of news! Just love the account and pics of the Francis L Suter trip through Pennsylvania, that must have been a good trip, and I guess expensive too!!! Yep, another bumper edition, well done Terry!!! In Response: Thankyou Doug, and also for your regular contributions to the newsletter.


From: John Griffin. Subject: Pullman & CIWL Newsletter No.39 - November & December 2017. Thank you for the work you do in the preparation and sending of the Pullman information. My wife and her father both worked on Pullmans. In Response: Thankyou John, you are indeed in a unique position, with family members working on Pullman services. It is a shame that the Pullman staff memories of daily operations have not been recorded for posterity. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Greg Martin. Subject: 1879 “Engineering” magazine page 226. “Pullman Cars. – President Pullman has sent an order to the Pullman Palace car Company’s shops’ at Detroit. For the construction of eight palace sleeping cars, to embody all the latest improvements. Four of these will be used upon the Great Northern Railway, England, and four upon the New York, Lake Erie, and Western Railroad. The cars will cost 14,000 dols., or 2800ʅ. each.” In Response: I have researched the matter, and can only identify two cars not four. Prior to 1879, the last car to be built was ‘GLOBE’ in 1878. This was followed in 1880 with two sleeping cars ‘COLUMBIA’ & ‘IONA’ for the GNR. The next car to be built was in 1883, ‘ST.ANDREW’ a sleeper. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: N.Lade. Subject: The Welsh Highland Railway - David Richards. Terry, Hope you are keeping well and thank you for the latest Newsletter. I noted the following comment on page 67 and assume it is attributable to David Richards. Would you please pass on my thanks to him for his very kind comments about my dad. In Response: Nick, as you will beware as a contributor to the newsletter, it is really down to the contributors like your good self that make every newsletter possible, I am only the messenger. I have since receipt of your E-mail forwarded your response to David Richards, -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Tail Lamp. As ever my thanks to all those readers who have taken out time to contribute to this edition of your newsletter. Rest assured for without your contributions in the format of news, updates, articles and photographs this edition would not have been possible.

“Information is for sharing and not for gathering dust; it costs nothing to share knowledge”.

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