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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 2 (May 1, 1936)
The Pullman Train
The Pullman Train.
New Pullman car trains, introduced by the Home railways, direct attention
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to the fact that it is just sixty-one years since Pullmans were first introduced into Britain from America, when the Midland (now L. M. and S.) Company imported several vehicles of this type from Chicago. Four years later the London, Brighton and South Coast (now Southern) Railway put Pullman cars into service between London and the south coast, the pioneer train being the “Southern Belle.” In more recent times, the L. and N. E. Company has enthusiastically entered the Pullman field, and to-day there are actually 250 special cars of the Pullman Company operating over the Home lines.
Coaling Belts and Hoists, L. & N. E. R., King George Dock, Hull.
The latest all-Pullman express to be placed at public disposal is the “Bournemouth Belle” daily train of the Southern Railway, operating between Waterloo Station, London, and the south-coast holiday and residential centre of Bournemouth. This train also serves Southampton in its daily flight to and from London. The train is composed of first and third-class Pullman cars, and already it has become most popular with the travelling public.