Talk:Pullman Company
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[edit] Pullman-Standard redirect
I'm not so sure that we should be redirecting Pullman-Standard to here. I've always separated Pullman and Pullman-Standard in my mind mainly because Pullman-Standard built a lot more freight cars (like the PS-1 box car) than they did passenger cars. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable with PS's offerings would like to fill in an article for that entity? slambo 18:48, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Haskell & Barker?
I would be interested in seeing how Haskell & Barker (a predecessor, I think) was involved. - Mark Mathu 8/15/2005
[edit] UK?
The British Rail Class 251 article links here from the Pullman Car Company link, but there is nothing on this page about the UK. Is this just an omission or is the information about this elsewhere (so I can change the link?) Thryduulf 01:38, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
- It just hasn't been added yet. I don't have a solid reference to tell me more about it yet. Slambo (Speak) 19:02, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Corporate History
I added the corporate history information after searching on-line, and not finding much. This is a compilation from several years ago of several sources, which I unfortunately neglected to record. - Don Strack 13:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pullman's Kellog subsidiary
A minor correction in the Pullman history: M. W. Kellogg was a subsidiary of Pullman when I joined Kellogg in 1950, long before any merger with Wheelabrator. Kellogg may have started business as a pipe and smokestack fabricator but they became the premier process designer and engineering construction company in the petroleum refinery field as it developed in the early part of the century and to this day. (Today as part of Halliburton.) Their subsidiary, Kellex, also designed the uranium gas diffusion plant at Oak Ridge as part of the Manhatten project. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Donstrack, which included the comment "I haven't figured out how this works yet. Is this how to start modifications?" -- DJN27 16:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- I haven't added this because the other sources, namely the SEC filings, did not mention an earlier merger. Don Strack 19:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 49, 57 or 59?
The Smithsonian's Pullman Collection shows 59 railroads took over operation in 1944, while the Pullman Collection at the Newberry Library shows 57 railroads. Another unrecorded source showed 49 railroads. Obviously, more research is needed here. Don Strack 18:51, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] End of Pullman
Sadly, no specific published work has been identified, that carries a comprehensive history of Pullman and its corporate operations. The information in the End of Pullman section is the result of various internet searches, including various Securities and Exchange Commission filings that were found using Pullman as a search word. Other information came from interested persons on several internet railroad (railway) discussion groups. Don Strack 18:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
