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Pullman Car Company Drawings List Description: 2441 engineering drawings in 101 rolls, related to the construction and maintenance of Pullman carriages. System of Arrangement: The original order of the collection has been lost. The drawings have therefore been listed as boxed. Physical Characteristics: The drawings are largely copy tracings on paper or linen. There are some drawings in pencil on cartridge paper and tracing paper and occasionally other copying processes, such as ozalid on plastic film, are evident. Administrative/Biographical History: The Pullman Company Ltd was formed in Britain in 1882, based on the Pullman concept of luxury rail travel in the United States and established under US licence and control. The idea of the Pullman car had already been introduced to the UK by the Midland Railway, with a specially chartered train taking a party of people on a tour of England and Scotland in 1876. The Midland railway imported 37 cars and erected them at their Derby Works. They ran them on contract until 1888. Other railway companies also experimented with Pullman services, but gradually developed their own improved rolling stock and ceased their contracts with Pullman. In 1905 the business was transferred to UK control under the chairmanship of Lord Dalziel, and in 1915 was re-founded as the Pullman Car Company Limited. Following the formation of the UK based company production of coaching stock was gradually moved to the UK. A small number of vehicles were manufactured by the Pullman Car Company’s own workshops at Preston Park in Brighton. The majority were built by private manufacturers such as the Birmingham Carriage and Wagon Company, Cravens of Sheffield, the Clayton Wagon Company of Lincoln, the Midland Carriage and Wagon Company and the Metropolitan Carriage and Wagon Company (later Metropolitan-Cammell). The last Pullman cars were made by the British Rail works at Derby in the 1960s. Preston Park operated primarily as a maintenance and repair shop. The drawings in the collection reflect the multiplicity of sources from which carriages originated. The central location in Brighton was useful as it was the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway that enthusiastically embraced the luxury Pullman concept, with its first complete train of Pullman carriages in 1881. But the concept was quickly adopted by other railway companies and became synonymous with luxury rail travel, both in the UK and abroad, especially during the 1930s. Pullman services were suspended during the Second World War, but revived in the 1940s and taken over by the newly nationalised British Railways. By the 1950s much of the rolling stock was becoming out of date. The Pullman Car Company itself was experiencing business difficulties. In line with modernisation plans, the British Transport Commission (BTC) bought out the Pullman Car Company in 1954, despite parliamentary protests. The Pullman Car Company continued to operate as a virtually separate company, despite being wholly owned by the BTC. New Pullman carriages were developed for the mainline routes and diesel multiple units (known as the Blue Pullmans) were designed for the Midland and Western main lines, similar to the then existing electric service from London to Brighton. The multiple units began to be withdrawn from the 1970s, but other locomotive hauled services continued until the 1990s. The works at Preston Park, from whence it is assumed that the specific drawings in this collection originated, was closed down in 1963 and all work transferred to BR’s own workshops as part of rationalisation. In 1967 the separate Pullman Division of British Rail was broken up and operations transferred to the various Regions. Alternative Box No Works Prefix Number Suffix Title Date Notes Material Condition Number General Arrangement of Kitchen Car Type 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 3 1973/08/01 Metro Drg. No. A 26590/302/A Wax linen 3 C General Arrangement of 1st Class Parlour 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 4 1973/08/01 Metro Drg. No. A 26591/303/A Wax linen 2 Car. Type D 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 7 Pillar Section. All Cars 1959/11/30 Metro Drg. No. A 26594/306/G Wax linen 2 Pillar Section. Kitchen & Pantry. Cars Type 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 8 1960/02/11 Metro Drg. No. A 26595/307/G Wax linen 2 "B" & "C" 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 9 Lavatory Pillar Section. All Cars. Metro Drg. No. A 26596/308/G Wax linen 2 Arrangement of Bodyside Framing. Car 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 10 1959/10/26 Metro Drg. No. A 26597/309/H Wax linen 2 Type 'B' Arrangement of Bodyside Framing. Car 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 11 1959/11/20 Metro Drg. No. A 26598/310/G Wax linen 2 Type 'C' Arrangement of Bodyside Framing. Car 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 13 1959/10/26 Metro Drg. No. A 26600/312/E Wax linen 2 Type 'E' 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 14 Bodyside Framing. Car Type 'F' 1959/10/21 Metro Drg. No. A 26601/313/K Wax linen 2 Arrangement of Bodyside Framing. Car 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 12 1959/11/18 Metro Drg. No. A 26599/311/G Wax linen 2 Type 'D' 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 25 Saloon Roof Section Metro Drg. No. A 26612/324/A Wax linen 2 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 26 Roof Section at Coupe. Cars Type B & D 1960/05/27 Metro Drg. No. A 26613/325/C Wax linen 3 Alternative Box No Works Prefix Number Suffix Title Date Notes Material Condition Number Arrangement of Roof Framing. Car Type 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 27 1959/11/21 Metro Drg. No. A 26614/326/K Wax linen 2 'B' Arrangement of Roof Framing. Car Type 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 28 1959/11/23 Metro Drg. No. A 26615/327/K Wax linen 2 'C' Arrangement of Roof Framing. Car Type 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 29 1959/12/21 Metro Drg. No. A 26616/328/B Wax linen 2 'D"' 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 40 Details of Roof Gutters. All Cars 1959/11/20 Metro Drg. No. A 26627/339/D Wax linen 2 Details of Tie Bar at Saloon Centre 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 41 1960/03/07 Metro Drg. No. A 26628/340/B Wax linen 2 Partition etc. Cars Type B,C,D, & E Details of Bodyside Pillars and Brackets. 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 48 1959/10/26 Metro Drg. No. A 26635/347/F Wax linen 2 Sheet No.1. All Cars Details of Bodyside Pillars. Sheet No.2. All 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 49 1959/10/26 Metro Drg. No. A 26636/348/F Wax linen 2 Cars Details of Bodyside Pillars for Kitchen & 1 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. F 50 1959/10/26 Metro Drg. No. A 26637/349/F Wax linen 2 pantry Sheet No.3. Cars Type B,C, & F 52 Passenger Diesel Railcar for British 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 8110 11 R.D.161 railways to BR Drawing No. R.D.161 Type 1957/04/09 Ozalid 2 A3 Job 38850- Body Frame & Underframe at No.2 End of 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9804 1956/10/16 Ozalid 2 69 Trailer Car Heavy Job 38850- Body Floor Frame at No.2 End of Trailer 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9804 Sht 2 tracing 2 69 Car paper Heavy Job 38830- Body Floor Frame at No.2 End of Power 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9805 Sht 2 tracing 2 69 Car paper Heavy Job 38850- Body Floor Frame at No.1 End of Trailer 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9806 Sht 3 tracing 2 69 Car paper Heavy Job 38850- Body Floor Frame at No.1 End of Power 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9806 Sht 2 tracing 2 69 Car paper Job 38830- 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9817 Roof Layout. No.2 End Power Car 1956/04/18 Ozalid 2 49 Job 38850- 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9818 Roof layout. No.2 End Trailer Car 1957/04/03 Ozalid 2 69 Job 38830- Luggage Compartment Partition. Power 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9825 1956/06/14 Ozalid 2 49 Car Job 38830- Arrangement of Panels & Finish at Main 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9833 1956/04/10 Ozalid 2 69 Side Windows Job 38830- Arrangement of Gangway Sliding Door. 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9835 1956/06/22 Ozalid 2 69 British Railways Diesel Cars Job 38830- Details of Fuel Pipe Cowl. No.1 & No.2 End 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9843 1957/05/20 Ozalid 2 49 Power Car Job 38830- 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9845 Exterior Panel Window Aperture 1956/05/03 Ozalid 2 69 Alternative Box No Works Prefix Number Suffix Title Date Notes Material Condition Number Arrangement & Details of Steps & Job 38830- 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9846 Handreail for Access to Roof. Power & 1957/01/15 Ozalid 2 69 Trailer Car Job 38850- 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9856 Mounting of Toilet Tank 1956/11/22 Ozalid 2 69 Job 38830- 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9858 Two Way Shoot Bolt for Luggage Door 1956/07/05 Ozalid 2 49 Job 38830- 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9893 Exterior Panel Arrangement 1955/11/15 Ozalid 2 69 Job38850- Layout of Equipment on Underframe - 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. R 9974 1956/02/28 Ozalid 2 38869 No.2 End - Trailer Cars Job38850- Layout of Equipment on Underframe - 2 Park Royal Vehicles Ltd.