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Pullman & CIWL 

News 

“The Quality of Service is Remembered Long After The Price is Forgotten” 

June & July 2011 - Edition No.01. 

Pullman & La Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grand Express Européens News 

Edition No.01 - June & July 2011 Page 1 of 45

Cover Photograph: © Otto Dykstra - May 2011. 

A Dutch Zeppelin, NS 3600 ex-NCS 71, with the so called “train of tears” (in Dutch: tranentrein) from 

The Hague to Genua (via Arnhem and Nijmegen) where the Dutch embarked on ships to Dutch-Indië 

(since 1949 Indonesia). 

The picture is taken on the NS-line Arnhem-Nijmegen in 1936 at Oosterbeek-laag (Oosterbeek-lower 

station). The train has a lot of sleepers type S and Y and some diners (even from the Mitropa!) 

This train was taken by people who came from or went to Indië instead of staying on board till the 

ship arrived in Rotterdam or Amsterdam. 

From The Coupé. 

Welcome aboard the first edition of what I plan to be a bi-monthly Pullman & CIWL Newsletter. 

Following quite a considerable number of Emails received following the final publication of 

Coupé News last December, the complementary comments and also a request that in some form 

would I consider a reprise in the future. 

I believe we may have come to a compromise by the production and publication on a bi-monthly 

basis. 

To build on the success of Coupé News I will remain dependent on readers contributing news, 

articles and photographs to which I am now prepared to give up some of my time collating into the 

bi-monthly publication. 

As in the past this will be in the form of all aspects of Pullman and now with CIWL operations both 

past, present and future and of course model railways. 

All I ask of you for the time I spend I will spend in production, is for you to forward on, either by 

E-mail or printing a copy, to any one you may know who will also be interested in reading about 

matters Pullman & CIWL. 

Changing your Email address, or wish to be removed from the mailing list, then Email to the editorial 

address with your request, it’s as simple as that. 

Also as in the past some readers may not receive copies as published for one reason or another, I do 

get bounce backs advising that an e-mail address no longer exists or the mail box full. 

In the event by the second Monday of each publication month (June, August, October, December, 

February & April) your copy fails to arrive, please Email the editorial address and I will forward to you 

the missing edition. 

The views and articles within this publication are not necessarily those of the editor. 

Information Required: 

I will welcome any information relating to matters Pullman and CIWL, including any information on 

both individual Pullman & CIWL cars located on your local preserved railway, museum or in use as a 

static Restaurant, for inclusion within Pullman & CIWL News and also to add to the Pullman Car 

Services - Archive. 

“Information is for sharing - not gathering dust” 



The history of a specific Pullman Car, we continue from Coupé News No.94 December 2010. 

Pullman Name: 

SUNBEAM. 

Type of Car: 

Parlour First Class. 

Into Service: June 1921. 

Original Builder: 

Pullman Longhedge Works. 

Pre 1960 Schedule No: 95. 

Post 1960 Schedule No: 94. 

Tare: 39t. 

Seats: 27. 

Bogies: 

2 x 6 wheels. 

©Antony M Ford. 

Seating Plan SUNBEAM - 1921. 

One car of an order placed in 1919 for a total of twelve cars (Six Parlour First & six Kitchen First) for 

use on the South Eastern & Chatham Railways Dover & Folkestone Continental Boat Train Services. 

SUNBEAM (PF) was one of six cars CADIZ (PF), SYLVIA (PF), MALAGA (KF), NEPTUNE (KF) & 

MONACO (KF) constructed by the Pullman Car Company at its Longhedge Works in South London. 

The remaining six cars (PADUA (PF), PORTIA (KF), CALAIS (PF), MILAN (PF), PALMYRA (KF) & 

ROSALIND (KF), were constructed by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited at 

its Smethwick Works. 

The livery applied by the Pullman Car Company was as applied to the South Eastern & Chatham 

Railways operational Pullman cars of Crimson Lake (as applied presently to Pullman car TOPAZ within 

the National Collection at the NRM York). 

Allocated the name located in the normal location for car name and numbers mid lower panel on 

both sides. 

Late 1940’s. 

Allocated to the South Western section of the Southern Region. 

Allocated regularly to the Bournemouth Belle service. 

1952. Heavily remodeled and modernized including body plating at the Pullman- 

Workshops at Preston Park Workshops, Brighton. 

1952 - 1942-5. Continued to be allocated to the Bournemoth Belle. 

1960 October. Withdrawn from service. 

Sold to British Railways for £1,276 and converted to a Pullman Camping Coach. 

Drawing No.P-138. 

Allocated to BR Scottish Region and allocated the identity of No.SC.41. 

(Source: G J.Child). 



1961 February 23 rd . Noted at St.Rollox Works, Glasgow. 

1961. Located at Morar. 

c1972. Scrapped. 

©PCS-A. 

Pullman Parlour First Class SUNBEAM is seen prior to the 1952 Body Plating. 

Information Sources: - 

Pullman Car Services - Archive. 

Pullman in Europe - G.Behrend 1962 - ISBN Not registered. 

Pullman Profile No.1 - The 12-Wheel Cars - Antony M Ford - ISBN 978-1-906419-00-4 - Noodle Books. 

G J.Child. 



Pullman & CIWL News - Passengers Reservations List. 

301 x First Class Passengers. 

2 x Web Sites - Passenger Numbers Unknown. 

Welcome aboard to the following joining passengers: - 

E.Dyball, O. Dykstra, C.Parkington. 

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Please note this magazine has been updated into a new format, I recommend if you have yet to view this 

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SOMETHING TO READ: 

Advance Notification. 

PULLMAN PROFILE No.3 – All Steel ‘K Type’ Cars. 

By antony M Ford – Noodle Book. 

Scheduled arrival September 2011. 

Advance Notification. 

International Railway Preservation Society 

75 Anniversary of The Night Ferry - 75 ème anniversaire du Night Ferry 

The train that carried you asleep from London to Paris and Brussels 1936 – 1980 

The book to be published in English and in French will include new unpublished texts, photographs and 

railway memorabilia. Compiled by the team who have published books on The Compagnie des 

Wagons-Lits and French Local Railways Together with substantial contributions from historians in 

Dunkerque, Calais and Paris, it promises to be an important addition to the history of this famous 

train, which offered a form of travel well before the Channel Tunnel was planned and built. 

To secure your copy at the pre-publication price of £10.00 plus £3.00 p&p (after publication £17.99 

plus £3.00 p&p ) please detail the following your name, your address, number of copies of IRPS Night 

Ferry book you require, your telephone number and E-mail address (if you have one). 

Finally please make your cheque payable to Nene Valley Railway Wansford Station, Stibbington, 

Peterborough PE8 6LR. 


Name………………………………Address……………………………………….. 

Edition No.01 - June & July 2011 Page 6 of 45 

………………………………………………… 

N° copies………………………………IRPS Night Ferry book

PULLMAN CAR NAMING PRACTICES, WERE TELEGRAPHIC CODES USED ?: 

A hypothetical theory by Kevin V. Bunker - May 2011. 

Thesis: While reexamining a scale plan of a Pullman heavyweight 12-1 sleeping car as published in a 

past issue of Mainline Modeler magazine, I noticed the sidebar of those cars in the same plan series 

that were retrofitted with air conditioning. Aside from those names which were clearly places or 

personal surnames, some of the car names stood out in a peculiar way, a number of them reminding 

my mental ear of the ways some old telegraphic codes’ words “sound” and appear. 

For those not familiar with telegraphic codes and their historic use, I’ll give a brief overview. Those in 

the world of finance and securities trading, manufacturing (locomotive builders, for instance) used or 

devised pre-established codes to simplify, shorten or obscure telegraphic messages sent over public 

“wires.” The shorter the message (every word counted for the telegraphic service fee) the better. 

This is not dissimilar for the currently popular forms of abbreviations used by those texting to each 

other on their cellular “smart phones” and in online IM messages. Telegraphic code terms were 

invariably a single word, and often gibberish that sounded like an actual word that could be found in 

a dictionary, whether that dictionary was English, Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish or French and 

occasionally German. [Did they delve in Middle English names or words on occasion?] Regardless, 

telegraphic code words bore no relationship whatsoever to the actual phrase or word being sent. A 

fully coded message could not be easily understood on its face value without the recipient’s use of 

the mating code book. Pullman Company – its highest level officers, especially – would, quite 

naturally have used either its own devised version(s) or executive level code books in its wired 

communications. In this regard the company would be functioning like any other large railroad or 

capital equipment supplier. Railroad executives, too, regularly used telegraphic codes to obscure 

their more sensitive messages. 

Pullman (and Wagner, too) were obviously using their car names for dual purposes: the name chosen 

lent the car an evocative or romantically exotic quality for the traveling public that noticed the 

equipment in which they were traveling or someday hoping to travel. At the same time (as we know) 

the names they chose were often part of a purely alphabetic series within a larger group of like cars. 

Yet some nevertheless stand out above others for their peculiarity. Yes, Native American tribal words 

or place names – 

usually Anglicized – were abundant, though I have tried to avoid those which fit that particular 

criteria. 

So, let us examine sample at random some Pullman car names through time which appear to be 

dictionary-valid words but may well not be. Pullman and Wagner were not the least bit shy about 

using the proper names of Roman and Greek gods and goddesses, major or minor. They also seemed 

to add a Roman- or Latin-sounding “ius” and “ia” to almost any word or set of consonants and 

vowels to create an evocative name. Were these (some shown below) borrowed from some 

telegraphic code book taken from a handy secretarial office shelf or desk or was another device 

used? 

Note: the following car names were drawn at random from Ralph Barger’s A CENTURY OF PULLMAN 

CARS, VOL.1: ALPHABETICAL LIST (1988, First Edition, Second Printing). Nearly all of the sampled car 

names were chosen by Pullman (or Wagner) near the end of the 19 th century or near the start of the 

20 th up to c.1925, a time when telegraphic codes were very popular in long distance secure 

communication. Some of these are clearly true English words (adjectives or nouns) but not the sort 

of word anyone might typically use to name a railroad car or other object. 



But what of the other names, including those of the standard steel car production period? Some of 

these have even more odd spellings that further suggest code words. Considering the huge quantity 

of the 12-1s that Pullman built between c.1900 and 1925, they would have had a hard time coming 

up with car names without some aid beyond various dictionaries. Telegraphic code books could lend 

quite a few possibilities. Think it over. 

Palace Car Period 

ALTUS 10SecDrSr PCW 6/16/90 Plan 784A Lot 1715 

ALUMINA 12SecDr Pullman 7/20/08 Plan 1963C Lot 3631 

AMOMO 12SecDrB Pullman 10/8/08 Plan1963E Lot 3649 

AMPERSAND* 12SecDrB Wagner 8/92 Plan 3070 Lot Wg72 

ANCHISES 10Sec2Dr PCW 3/3/96 Plan 1173A Lot 2153 

ASPIRANT 16Sec Pullman 6/5/06 Plan 2184 Lot 3361 

ASTRILD 12SecDr Pullman 10/9/08 Plan 1963E Lot 3649 

ATGLEN 12SecDr Pullman 3/30/05 Plan 2049A Lot 3169 

BASELISK* 16Sec Pullman 6/24/08 Plan 2184C Lot 3627 

BELGIC 10SecDrHotel PCW Det 11/22/80 Plan 63 ½ Lot D77 

BROZTELL 12SecDr Pullman 3/28/08 Plan 1963C Lot 3600 

BURMAH 12SecDr PCW 12/25/98 Plan 1318B Lot 2340 

CATORCE 8SecSrB(NG) PCW Det 11/92 Plan 1001 Lot 3721 

CECROPIA 12SecDr PCW Det 6/7/82 Plan 93B Lot D154 

CELANDINE 12SecDrB Pullman 5/1/08 Plan 2326 Lot 3605 

CEPHALONIA 12SecDr Pullman 9/7/00 Plan 1572 Lot 2585 

DELECTO 8Sec4SrB PCW 9/29/91 Plan 894B Lot 1857 

EDNADA 16Sec Pullman 7/13/03 Plan 1721 Lot 3014 

EGNATIA 30ChObs PCW 4/28/98 Plan 1278B Lot 2299 

ENGADINE 26ChB PCW(Wag) 7/22/86 Plan 3124 Lot 1200 

EUPATORIA 12SecDr Pull Buf 10/22/03 Plan 1581F Lot B24 

GERAINT 12SecDr Pullman 12/16/09 Plan 1963E Lot 3766 

GIPSY* 16SecO PCW 6/23/93 Plan 1040 Lot 1990 

GRAPHIC* 12SecDr Pullman 1/21/07 Plan 1963C Lot 3448 

IMERITIA 12SecDr Pullman 9/12/00 Plan 1572 Lot 2585 

INFANTA 24StsDrSrB Pullman 6/21/04 Plan 1988A Lot 3086 

IREX 10SecDr PCW 12/26/89 Plan 717B Lot 1630 

IREX 12SecDrB Wagner 10/92 Plan 3070 Lot Wg76 

JERMYN 12SecDr Pullman 3/24/08 Plan 1963C Lot 3600 

NICARIA 12SecDr Pull Buf 10/3/03 Plan 1581F Lot B23 

OSCURA 7Cpt2Dr Pullman 10/29/02 Plan 1845 Lot 2926 

OXUS 12SecDr PCW Det 5/2/91 Plan 784D Lot D461 

RENNERT 12SecDrB Pullman 12/16/07 Plan 2326 Lot 3587 

SCEPTRE* 12SecDr Pullman 1/30/02 Plan 1581A Lot 2792 

SOCOTRA 12SecDr Pullman 2/21/03 Plan 1581D Lot 2975 

TARTARY 14SecO PCW 5/20/93 Plan 1021 Lot 1972 

TARVIA 12SecDr Pullman 3/7/06 Plan 2163A Lot 3333 

UNOME 24ChDrB Pullman 6/3/05 Plan 1988A Lot 3170 

VIGAN 12SecDr Pullman 8/04 Plan 1963 Lot 3098 

VLADISH 12SecDrB Wagner /98 Plan 3073Q Wag110 

VOLHYNIA 12SecDr Pull Buf 10/9/03 Plan 1581F B23 

WABANA 12SecDr PCW /98 Plan 1318M Lot 2313 



* Conventional words, but normally not used as a proper name. “Ampersand” is only the term for 

the lettering character “&” while “Gipsy” is normally spelled “Gypsy” which Pullman seems not to 

have used. “Sceptre” uses the archaic or UK spelling. 

Standard Steel Car Period 

ACTIUM 12SecDr 2-5/16 Plan 2410F Lot 4574 

ACTOPAN 12SecDr 8-9/20 Plan 2410F Lot 4574 

AIREY 12SecDr 11-18/10 Plan 2410 Lot 3864 

ANCON 12SecDr 1-3/14 Plan 2410A Lot 4249 

AVILLA 12SecDr 7/13 Plan 2410A Lot 4179 

AVOCA 12SecDr 7/13 Plan 2410A Lot 4179 

BABRIUS 12SecDrCpt 10-12/21 Plan 2411C Lot 4624 

BALSAMO 12SecDr 10-12/20 Plan 2410F Lot 4591 

BENBURB 12SecSr 8-9/20 Plan 2410F Lot 4574 

BONBRIGHT 12SecDr 5-7/13 Plan 2410 Lot 4574 

BONIFAY 12SecDr 9-10/13 Plan 2410H Lot 4215 

BUXAR 12SecDr 1/16 Plan 2410E Lot 4354 

CANONICUS 12SecDr 7-8/15 Plan 2410D Lot 4322 

CANVEY 12SecDr 2-5/21 Plan 2410F Lot 4574 

CAPIDON 12SecDr 2-5/21 Plan 2410F Lot 4612 

CAWDOR 12SecDr 1-3/17 Plan 2410F Lot 4450 

CAWNPORE 12SecDr 10-12/15 Plan 2410D Lot 4338 

CENTAMIA 8SecDr2Cpt 10-12/28 Plan 3979A Lot 6205 

CENTANDA 8SecDr2Cpt 10-12/28 Plan 3979A Lot 6205 

CENTAVON 8SecDr2Cpt 10-12/28 Plan 3979A Lot 6205 

CENTDOYA 8SecDr2Cpt 10-12/28 Plan 3979A Lot 6205 

CENTELM 8SecDr2Cpt 10-12/28 Plan 3979A Lot 6205 

CENTRAIL 8SecDr2Cpt 10-12/28 Plan 3979A Lot 6205 

CENTVERN 8SecDr2Cpt 10-12/28 Plan 3979A Lot 6205 

DROMIO 12SecDr 1-2/22 Plan 2410F Lot 4625 

DROMORE 12SecDr 8-9/20 Plan 2410F Lot 4574 

DUNSANY 12SecDr 2-5/21 Plan 2410F Lot 4612 

EDELLYN 12SecDr 2-5/21 Plan 2410F Lot 4612 

EDLAM 26ChDr 5/23 Plan 2416D Lot 4691 

EGERIA 12SecDr 2-3/15 Plan 2410B Lot 4318 

EIDOLON 16Sec 12-14/15 Plan 2412C Lot 4304 

FASANO 12SecDr 8-9/20 Plan 2410F Lot 4574 

FILSON 12SecDr 6-9/26 Plan 3410A Lot 4969 

FRODIN 12SecDr 4-6/14 Plan 2410A Lot 4271 

FUCINO 12SecDr 1-2/22 Plan 2410F Lot 4625 

GALAX 12SecDr 5-8/25 Plan 3410A Lot 4868 

GANANOQUE 12SecDr 2-5/21 Plan 2410F Lot 4612 

GANISTER 12SecDr 12/15/10 Plan 2410 Lot 3864 

GILOLO 12SecDr 4-6/21 Plan 2410F Lot 4613 

GIRVAN 12SecDr 1-2/15 Plan 2410B Lot 4311 

HARGWEN 12SecDr 2-5/16 Plan 2410E Lot 4367 

HERKEND 12SecDr 4-6/21 Plan 2410F Lot 4613 

HIMROD 12SecDr 5-6/17 Plan 2410F Lot 4497 

INAVALE 12SecDr 9-10/15 Plan 2410F Lot 4327 



IVADEL 12SecDr 1-2/15 Plan 2410B Lot 4311 

IVETO 12SecDr 1-2/15 Plan 2410B Lot 4311 

JENERA 12SecDr 5-6/11 Plan 2410 Lot 3903 

JUMEL 12SecDr 6-7/16 Plan 2410F Lot 4385 

LAMATH 12SecDr 11-12/13 Plan 2410A Lot 4234 

LANDRO 12SecDr 7/13 Plan 2410A Lot 4179 

MAMBRINO 12SecDr 12-20/21 Plan 2410F Lot 4611 

MANVER 12SecDr 5-6/17 Plan 2410F Lot 4497 

MANCELONA 12SecDr 9-10/11 Plan 2410 Lot 3924 

MATINA 12SecDr 1-2/15 Plan 2410B Lot 4311 

NAMOZINE 12SecDr 4-5/13 Plan 2410 Lot 4106 

NEOCOMIAN 12SecDr 6-7/17 Plan 2410F Lot 4503 

OMESIA 12SecDr 10/14 Plan 2410B Lot 4293 

PARNOB 12SecDr 2-5/25 Plan 3410 Lot 4845 

PINDAR 12SecDr 12-10/11 Plan 2410 Lot 3866 

PINDUS 12SecDr 12-10/11 Plan 2410 Lot 3866 

POYSER 12SecDr 9-10/17 Plan 2410F Lot 4525 

QUARREN 12SecDr 9-10/13 Plan 2410A Lot 4215 

RAMAGE 12SecDr 10-12/16 Plan 2410F Lot 4431 

RELIUS 12SecDr 3-6/11 Plan 2410 Lot 3881 

REMNOY 12SecDr 9-10/13 Plan 2410A Lot 4215 

RUBINAT 12SecDr 12-12/13 Plan 2410 Lot 4076 

RUSCOMB 12SecDr 9-10/11 Plan 2410 Lot 3924 

SINOPE 12SecDr 10-12/15 Plan 2410D Lot 4338 

SKIPANON 12SecDr 4/15 Plan 2410C Lot 4309 

SYSONBY 12SecDr 7-8/15 Plan 2410D Lot 4322 

TARTARUS 12SecDr 3-6/20 Plan 2410F Lot 4565 

TARTARY 12SecDr 6-10/21 Plan 2410F Lot 4614 

TRINGA 12SecDr 3-6/15 Plan 2410B Lot 4319 

VIDONIA** 12SecDr 12-10/11 Plan 2410 Lot 3866 

VIENTO 12SecDr 2-5/16 Plan 2410E Lot 4367 

WASTREL* 12SecDr 12-12/13 Plan 2410 Lot 4076 

WINDIGO 12SecDr 10-12/20 Plan 2410F Lot 4591 

* Again, a real word but a not very kind descriptive term (look it up in an English dictionary); seems a 

very odd choice for a car name except that such a word would crop up in the W’s of telegraphic code 

books. 

** Pullman’s love of words ending with “ia” reflecting Latin place names or provinces is amply 

evident in skimming the all-time names list for their cars. However, I’m not aware that the Roman 

provinces included a “Vidonia.” If the company loved these sorts of names so much, I’m surprised 

they didn’t borrow the Marx Brother’s “Fredonia.” I checked the lists: that’s not there! *tsk-tsk] 



MODEL RAILWAY NEWS: 

MODELZONE EXCLUSIVE - ADVANCE SALES INFORMATION 

Bachmann Pack of 2 BR (Ex Pullman) Open Firsts BR Blue/Grey Livery 

Product Code: BC39-001Z 

Scale: 00 

Advised Retail Price: £71.99 

For further information and details on how to place an advance order visit the Model Zone web site t 

http://www.modelzone.co.uk 

BR Mk1 Pullman Car Kitchen First ‘E313E’ (Bachmann 39-281A). 

BR Mk1 Pullman car Kitchen First ‘E313E’ in the grey and blue livery. 

On delivery into service in umber & cream lined livery the car was named ‘FINCH’ with 1 x 1 seating 

totalling 20. 

In the late 1960’s the external livery as on this model was applied (Reverse livery to BR Inter-City 

Blue and Grey) and the seating amended to 2 x 1 totalling 26. 

The interior layout from left to right (photograph above) consisted of a toilet, coupe seating 4, 

a saloon area seating 22 and finally a kitchen and server. 

The model has metal bearings within the bogie face and foil-plated window frames. 

The table lamps have fibre optic lighting, which light up when power is applied to the track. 

The car today forms part of the ‘Royal Scotsman’ with the identity of ‘State Car No.4’ 

Available from retailers in late May 2011, 



2011 

Pullman Model Range. 

East Coast Pullman Digital Train Set 

Product Code: R1097 

The Cornishman Digital Train Set 


West Coast Railways Pullman 

Venice-Simplon Orient Express Digital Train Set 



West Coast Railways Pullman Coach Pack 


Blue Pullman Coach Pack 




Pullman SR Bogie Luggage Van 


Available February 2011. 

Pullman Bar Car 'Daffodil' 

Pre-1960 


Pullman Car "The New Century Bar" 

Pre-1960 


Pullman 1st Class Parlour Car 'Octavia' 

Pre-1960 


Pullman 3rd Class Kitchen Car 'No. 169' 

Pre-1960 


Pullman 3rd Class Parlour Car 'No. 66' 

Pre-1960 




Pullman 12 Wheel 3rd Parlour Car 'No. 294' 

Pre-1960 


Available January 2011. 

Pullman 3rd Class Parlour Car 'No. 35' 

Pre-1960 


Pullman 'Devon Belle' Observation Car 

Pre-1960 


Available March 2011. 

Pullman 3rd Class Parlour Car '98' 

Pre-1960 


Pullman 12 Wheel Kitchen Car 'Neptune' 

Pre-1960 



Pullman 1st Class Kitchen Car 'Aurelia' 

Pre-1960 




Pullman 3rd Class Brake Car 'No. 55' 

Pre-1960 



Pullman 1st Class Parlour Car 'Rosemary' 

Post 1960 


Pullman 1st Class Kitchen Car 'Zenobia' 

Post 1960 


Pullman 3rd Class Kitchen Car 'No. 171' 

Post 1960 


Pullman 3rd Class Parlour Car - "Car No. 34" 

Pre-1960 


Available June 13 th 2011. 

Pullman 1st Class Kitchen Car - "Minerva" 

Pre-1960 


Available July 1 st 2011. 



Pullman 3rd Class Brake Car - "Car No. 65" 

Pre-1960 


Available July 18 th 2011. 

Pullman 12 Wheel 1st Class Kitchen Car - 

"Portia" 

Pre-1960 


Available August 15 th 2011. 

Pullman 1st Class Kitchen Car - "Adrian" 

Post 1960 



Pullman 12 Wheel 1st Class Brake Car - "Car No. 

95" 

Pre-1960 


Available August 15 th 2011. 

Pullman 1st Class Parlour Car - "Leona" 

Pre 1960 



Pullman 3rd Class Kitchen Car - "Car No. 60" 

Pre-1960 





Pullman 2nd Class Parlour Car - "Car No. 64" 

Post 1960 



Pullman 3rd Class Brake Car - "Car No. 63" 

Post 1960 



Pullman 1st Class Parlour Car - "Onyx" 

Post 1960 



Pullman 3rd Class Kitchen Car - "Car No. 61" 

Post 1960 



RailRoad Pullman Parlour Car 

Without working table lamps 


RailRoad Pullman Parlour Brake Car 

Without working table lamps 




THE BRIGHTON BELLE 

Pullman Brighton Belle 1934 

Product Code: R2987X 

Brighton Belle Car Pullman Trailer 1st 


Brighton Belle Car Pullman Trailer 3rd 










Brighton Belle Car Pullman Trailer 3rd 


Product Code: R2988X 




My thanks to Simon Kohler of Hornby for his assistance in the collation of the above information. 



Hornby Magazine LIVE 2011 – In association with Hartlepool Model Rail – July 9 th & 10 th . 

Wynyard Rooms, Wynyard Park, Nr Billingham, Tees Valley TS22 5TB - (signposted from the A19) 

Proceeds from 2011 event to Denise Taylor Cancer Trust and Great North Air Ambulance. 

Admission Prices. 

Adults £4.50. OAP/Children (5-15) £3.00. Family (2+3) £12.00. 

The second annual Hornby Magazine LIVE! in Hartlepool exhibition is taking shape for the weekend 

of July 9/10 with layouts, traders and demonstrations being organised for what is set to be a busy 

weekend of railway modelling. 

By early April a total of 16 layouts had been booked (others to confirm) for the event covering all 

manner of prototype and scale including seven layouts featured in Hornby Magazine. Highlights 

include John Houlden’s East Coast Main Line layout Gamston Bank (HM46), Dave Spencer’s Penrhos 

(HM24), Bob Vaughan’s Condicote (HM7), Steve Farmer’s Wulstanton Road (HM45) and John Polley’s 

London Underground Abbey Road (HM39) amongst many others. Also booked is Outwell Village, Kyle 

of Lochalsh, Littleton Junction, Lookout Lake (Canadian ‘N’ gauge) and Whitby Quayside. 

A new feature for 2011 is a special challenge for Hornby Magazine to build a layout in a weekend 

during the show. A team of three consisting of Hornby Magazine Editor Mike Wild, contributor 

Graham Muspratt and professional layout builder Richard Proudman will start the build as the doors 

open to the public on Saturday July 9 with the aim of running the first trains before the end of the 

show on July 10. Hornby Magazine Editor Mike Wild said: “The challenge will be a great spectacle 

and we hope it will allow visitors to gain a first hand insight into how model railway construction can 

be tackled. With just over 40 hours available it will be a close run thing, but we believe we can do it.” 

In addition to the layout build specialist demonstrations are being arranged including Hornby 

Magazine contributors and the Hornby Roadshow will be attending offering a chance to see the 

latest developments on up and coming models first hand. 



The Cleveland Model Railway Club - 2011 Exhibition 

Saturday August 6th – 10am to 5pm. 

Sunday August 7th – 10am to 4pm. 

Redcar & Cleveland College – Corporation Road (A1085) – Redcar. 

The Chosen Charity for this year’s exhibition is the “MacMillan Nurses” 

(In memory to David Jackson, club member who lost his fight with cancer in 2010). 

Western Region DMU Pullman set on a rare trip to Jowett Junction 

©Terry Bye 2010(c/o Cleveland Model Railway Club). 

1. Conistone - Exhibitor 

2. Lookout Lake BC Canada - Exhibitor 

3. T for Three - Exhibitor 

4. St Georges Quay - Exhibitor 

5. Eskborough - Exhibitor 

6. Witton - Exhibitor 

7. Juner Junction - Exhibitor 

8. Bassenthwaite Lake - Exhibitor 

9. Goose Lake - Exhibitor 

10. Farkham - Exhibitor 

11. RCTS - Demonstrator/Society 

12. Jowett Junction - Exhibitor 

13. BR Lines - Trader 

14. Layouts4U – Trader 

List of Exhibitors, Demonstrators & Traders. 



15. K & M Models - Trader 

16. D & E Videos - Trader 

17. The Model Tree Shop - Trader 

18. Modelex - Trader 

19. Darlington Railway Modelling - Trader 

20. Finishing Touches - Trader 

21. Durham Trains - Trader 

22. Teds Trees - Demonstrator/Society 

23. The Pullman Society - Demonstrator/Society 

24. Demo by DB - Demonstrator/Society 

25. Sarah Joates - Artist 

26. Thomas - Demonstrator/Society 

27. David Lloyd Demo - Demonstrator/Society 

28. Martin Smith Demo - Demonstrator/Society 

29. CIMM Information - Demonstrator/Society 

30. MacMillan Nurses Stand – Nominated Charity 

31. CMRC Sale Stand 

32. Raffle Prize Stand 

33. Redcar & Cleveland College Stand 

34. Notice Table 

The Past Remembered: 

1931 - 80 Years Ago: 

June 6 th . 

July 5 th . 

July 6 th . 

Excursion Train from Brighton to Cadbury’s works at Bournville includes a 

Pullman Kitchen car within the trains formation (Car unknown). 

(Information Source Railway Magazine August 1931 Page 151). 

Inaugural ‘Bournemouth Belle’. 

Pullman cars consist No.40, 84, 82, 60, FLORA, MONTANA, AURELIA, 81, 83 & 

41. 

(Information Source PCS-A). 

Opening of the new Hastings Station. Special train included two Pullman cars 

in the formation (Cars unknown). 

(Information Source Railway Magazine August 1981 Page 413). 

1951 - 60 Years Ago: 

June 5 th . 

Britannia class Locomotive No.70009 ‘Alfred the Great’ noted hauling the 

‘Bournemouth Belle’. 


June 11 th . 

The new ‘Golden Arrow’ enters service departing London Victoria at 11 a.m. 

Formation consist MINERVA, AQUILA, CYGNUS, PEGASUS, HERCULES, 

ORION, PERSEUS, CARINA & CAR No.35 & 208. 

(Information Source Modern Railway June 1976). 



June 13 th . 

June 20 th . 

Merchant Navy Class Pacific No.35028 ‘Clan Line’ noted hauling the 

‘Golden Arrow’. 


The ‘Devon Belle’ stock used on excursion London Victoria to Canterbury- 

East and Rochester. 

(Information Source Greg Child). 

June 25 th . 

July 7 th . 

July 18 th . 

Merchant Navy Class Pacific No.35027 ‘Port Line’ noted hauling the down 

‘Golden Arrow’. 

(Information Source Railway Magazine June 1969). 

Britannia class Locomotive No.70009 ‘Alfred the Great’ noted hauling the 

down ‘Bournemouth Belle’. 

(Information Source Steam World July 1970). 

The ‘Devon Belle’ stock used on excursion London Waterloo to Salisbury & 

Winchester. 

(Information Source Greg Child). 

1961 - 50 Years Ago: 

June 11 th . 

June 12 th . 

July 16 th . 

July 19 th . 

Rebuilt West Country Pacific No.34100 ‘Appledore’ hauls the final steam 

hauled ‘Golden Arrow’ service. 


E5015 (Later 74001) hauls the first electric powered ‘Golden Arrow’. 

(Information Source Railway World November 1986). 

A1 No.60129 ‘Guy Mannering’ noted at Darlington hauling the Up 

‘Tees Tyne Pullman’. 

(Information Source Trains Illustrated December 1961). 

D347 noted hauling the Down ‘Queen of Scots Pullman’ past Sandy. 

(Information Source Trains Illustrated November 1961). 

1991 - 20 Years Ago: 

June 4 th . 

June 10 th . 

July 8 th . 

10 x Mk2 1966 Pullman cars noted stored Euston Downside. 


Vic Berry’s Scrap Yard ceases trading. 


The ECML Kings Cross to Glasgow Central electrified services commence. 

The Tees Tyne Pullman goes electric and service extended from Newcastle to 

Edinburgh. 




July 10 th . 

July 19 th . 

10 x Mk2 1966 Pullman cars disposed to the Manchester Executive Railway 

Company. 


Ex-Brighton Belle Motor Brake Parlour CAR No.90 is severely damaged in a 

fire whilst undergoing restoration at Carnforth. 


© Otto Dykstra - May 2011. 

Special trip with cars of the VSO-E passing through Arnhem. The trip on November 5th 2010 went 

from Amsterdam by Utrecht-Arnhem-Deventer-Amersfoort to Amsterdam. 



PRESERVATION NEWS: 

EAGLE – NRM York. 

©Doug Lindsay - May 2011. 

CAR No.14 at Rampart Carriage & Wagon Services Ltd, Derby on May 4 th 2011. 

©Dave Martin - February 2011. 

Pullman Car EAGLE - Tyseley Turntable on February 12 th 2011. 

Following the cars relocation from the Mid Hants Railway to Vintage Trains at Tyseley in the autumn 

of 2010. The car is to be brought up to operational standard for use on the main line.This will require 

the bogies and brake equipment to be overhauled, and not forgetting the all important car interior 

also. It should form part of the Vintage Trains Operations in 2012. 




Departing Tenterden Station (Hastings Line) Pullman Car BARBARA on May 15 th 2011. 


Departing Tenterden Station (Hastings Line) Pullman Car THEODORA on May 15 th 2011. 



Richard Salmon 

Newly restored Mk.1 Restaurant Car (RBR No.1674, which is on a five-year loan to the Bluebell 

Railway) has, as of 30th April, temporarily joined the formation of the Bluebell's "Golden Arrow" 

Pullman train to provide kitchen facilities in place of Pullman Car Fingall. Fingall, having run on the 

Bluebell for 19 years after its restoration is now being dismantled, with serious rot in the timber 

structure of the upper body and roof in some places, due to ingress of water between and behind 

the aluminium skin. The options for the repair are currently being assessed. Once Fingall is back in 

service (hopefully in 2012) the Mk.1 restaurant car will form part of the Bluebell's "Wealden 

Rambler" afternoon tea train (a Mk.1 non-Pullman service). 

This underlines the vital importance of getting the Bluebell's Pullman fleet (and more of its other 

vintage carriages) under cover. This will be achieved this year, with the HLF-funded carriage running 

shed at Sheffield Park now only requiring track to be laid into it before it can be used. It will house 

the Pullmans and two other rakes of operational carriages. The next phase of "Operation 

Undercover" is nearly off the starting blocks, aiming to add covered space for another 24 carriages 

(largely those awaiting restoration, plus more of those currently being restored which will otehrwise 

have to stand outside once completed). The reality of "preservation" is that no carriage (be it 

Pullman or any other type) can really be considered properly preserved unless it can be stored under 

cover when not running. 

To summarise the current position of the Bluebell's Pullman fleet: 

CAR No.64 (Christine) - operational. 

CAR No.76 (Lilian) - operational, but will need major structural attention in the coming years 

FINGALL - being dismantled for structural repairs. 

CAR No.54 - stored under tarpaulin awaiting restoration - in the longer term will form the Brake for 

the Bluebell's Pullman set. 

DORIS - planned to be replaced by Carina, for longer term restoration as the Bluebell's second 

Pullman Kitchen car. 

CONSTANCE - this SER Gilbert Car (which later became a Pullman) is intended in the longer term for 

restoration to operation as a heritage vehicle, to run with other Victorian SECR carriages, but might 

also act as a spare kitchen to cover for the commercial requirement on the Pullman dining train. 



Jerry Hawley 

CAR No.79. 

There was a slight delay on starting work on the car due to other problems but the car was finally 

moved into the C&W shed at the end of January 2011. Work quickly began on stripping off all the 

paint on the roof and derusting corroded areas using a needle gun and rotary wire brushes. 

This was very time consuming due to the amount of paint that had been applied previously and the 

poor surface under the paint. Once stripped and cleaned a coat of mordant solution was applied 

followed by a coat of liquid plastic bonding primer. This was then covered with three coats of liquid 

plastic's Soladex PU paint; this is a polyurethane paint that is very flexible and hopefully able to take 

all the expansion and contraction of the riveted roof panels. Whilst the roof was being worked on, 

major work was being carried out on the interior; seats and tables have been removed and damaged 

frames repaired, all the saloon windows removed, and repairs to the body sides around the windows 

carried out because of corrosion. They were then refitted with new sealant, and stripped and 

re-varnished hardwood window facings were also refitted. 

The decorative wood veneer panels were showing signs of deterioration, so these have been 

stripped and satin varnished; the cause of the damage is possibly due to damp and changing 

temperatures when used in winter. Both saloon ceilings have been cleaned and painted, the south 

end requiring the centre ceiling panel replacing prior to painting due to the plywood delaminating 

through water leaking through the roof. 

©NYMR - May 2011. 

CAR No. 79 and one of the two new vestibule doors fitted. 



All the brass fittings have been removed, cleaned and lacquered along with the interior sliding 

windows; this is a time consuming process but the end result is worth it. Both the passenger 

platform doors have been replaced with new, manufactured and hung by contractor Andrew Daniel. 

The toilet roof tank suffered frost damage over the Christmas period and this had to be repaired. 

Both vacuum cylinders have been replaced with new ones imported from India where this type of 

cylinder is still being manufactured and used. The only difference is the chromed piston rod which is 

a larger diameter and has a plain end that attaches to the brake lever rather than the oval eye 

normally used on our rolling stock; this problem was overcome with assistance from the MPD 

machinists. Once the roof was completed the car was moved to the paint shop where work quickly 

progressed on the preparation for paint, and painting. Unfortunately we were not able finished the 

work on time due to the late start and amount of refurbishment that had to be carried and it was 

completed a week late, disappointing diners that had been booked on the first weekend it was due 

to return to traffic. 

©NYMR - May 2011. 

CAR No.79 Following painting and lining stands outside the C&W Workshops on March 31 st 2011. 

Hopefully, with the amount of work carried, out the carriage will be able to run for quite some time 

before it needs this kind of work again. 



PEGASUS – Nick Dodson. 

Car 310 PEGASUS has been in workshops this winter (2010/11) to have some small modifications 

made. 

Firstly, and most importantly, the car is now "dual braked". The addition of vacum brake widens her 

use in various ways. We hope she will see some additional work in connection with mainline steam 

operations, but more specifically, this will enable PEGASUS to visit preservation centres and lines 

where (when not in mainline service) she can continue to be of valued operation. 

Also added, a gas water heater system to enable the production of that vital post Pullman meal cup 

of coffee! 

LEONA – (CAR No.208) – Glenlo Abbey Hotel, Ireland. 

©Peter Nicholson. 

April 23 rd 2011. Peter in the company of the Cardiff & Avonside Railway Society undertook a four 

day Easter tour of Irleland, during which they visited the Glenlo Abbey Hotel to view LEONA. 

National Railway Museum York - Rail Festival June 2 nd to 10 th 2012. 

As reported in the June edition of ‘The Railway Magazine’ on page 8 & 65. 

The National Railway Museum is planning to stage a Rail Festival between June 2 nd to 10 th 2012. 

It is hoped to be Britain’s largest event, and the NRM hope to exceed the size and success of the 

2004 Railfest. 

Further details http://www.nrm.org.uk/railfest2012 



The Eastern Region of British Railways Pacific Class Locomotive Pullman Workings - Tommy Knox. 

My thanks to Tommy Knox for the following information on the East Coast Main Line. 

The ‘Queen of Scots Pullman’. 

June/July 1951 

51.06.08 60037 131 Up Queen of Scots from Edinburgh - Newcastle 

51.06.09 60098 131 Up Queen of Scots from Glasgow - Edinburgh 

51.06.09 60133 noted on Queen of Scots at Rossington 

51.06.19 60515 58 Dn Queen of Scots from Newcastle - assisted by 68477 into Edinburgh 

Waverley 

51.06.23 60162 131 Up Queen of Scots from Glasgow - Edinburgh 

51.06.27 60123 58 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross 

51.07.20 60081 131 Up Queen of Scots from Newcastle - Leeds 


61.06.01 60145 131 Up Queen of Scots into Kings Cross 

61.06.03 60011 13.30 Edinburgh - Kings Cross into Ncle / 58 Dn Queen of Scots 

61.06.03 60521 131 Up Queen of Scots into Newcastle (6) 

61.06.10 60011 131 Up Queen of Scots into Ncle / 58 Dn Queen of Scots 

61.06.20 60152 1E14 Up Queen of Scots from Glasgow - Leeds 

61.06.26 60069 1S57 Dn Queen of Scots from Kings Cross 

The ‘Tees Tyne Pullman’. 


51.07.04 60158 145 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 

51.07.26 60122 145 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 


61.06.16 60015 1A50 Dn Tees Tyne Pullman 

61.06.16 60129 1A15 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 



61.07.04 60026 1A73 Edinburgh - Kings Cross into Kings Cross / 1A50 Dn Tees Tyne 

Pullman 

61.07.04 60522 1A15 Up Tees Tyne Pullman throughout 

61.07.07 60006 1A50 Dn Tees Tyne Pullman from Newcastle 




61.07.11 60003 serviced on Gateshead shed / 1A15 Up Tees Tyne Pullman 

61.07.14 60015 1A50 Dn Tees Tyne Pullman / serviced on Gateshead shed 















The ‘Yorkshire Pullman’. 


51.06.01 60030 84 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 

51.06.11 60156 84 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 11on 


51.06.30 60117 19 Up Yorkshire Pullman 11on 





61.06.13 60109 1N24 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 


61.06.17 60109 on Kings Cross shed / 1N24 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 



61.06.24 60133 1E08 Up Yorkshire Pullman 













61.07.15 60118 1E08 Up Yorkshire Pullman / 1N26 17.55 Kings Cross - Leeds 


61.07.21 60067 on Grantham shed / 1N24 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 




61.07.29 60013 1N24 Dn Yorkshire Pullman 11on 

The ‘Harrogate Sunday Pullman’. 


61.06.18 60102 1N07 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 8on / 1E13 16.55 Leeds - Kings Cross 

61.06.18 60130 1E14 Up Harrogate Sunday Pullman 

61.06.25 60103 1N07 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 8on / 1E13 16.55 Leeds - Kings Cross 




61.07.02 60021 1N07 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman / 1E13 16.55 Leeds - Kings Cross 14on 


61.07.09 60108 1N07 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman / 1E13 16.55 Leeds - Kings Cross 




61.07.23 60032 1N07 Dn Harrogate Sunday Pullman 


If you have any questions please contact Tommy via his web Site address below. 

www.lner-pacifics.me.uk 

My thanks to Tommy for his continued support with his bi-monthly historical review, for further 

information on LNER Pacific’s visit Tommy’s website as detailed above. 

©The Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust - Ian S Carr - R.Barber April 2011. 

Gresley High Pressure Compound No.10000 Passing Eryholme on June 21 st 1930. 



©The Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust - Ken Morton Collection - R.Barber April 2011. 

An unidentified RES liveried Class477xx at AIS GIL with the MERCo train. 

©The Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust - JW Hague - R.Barber February 2011. 

The ‘Down’ Tees Tyne Pullman pulls away from Darlington Bank Top. 



INTERESTED IN MATTERS PULLMAN and/or CIWL: 

THE PULLMAN SOCIETY 

The Society is dedicated to the study of all aspects of Pullman operations in the British Isles and 

Continental Europe – and in the United States, where the first cars were built and services 

began. 

The society journal “The Golden Way” is published FOUR times a year and this will include a 

separate Newsletter of breaking news. 

For further details including Membership please contact 

Alan Wood - Email awood17166@aol.com 

For further information visit the Pullman Society web site 

www.thepullmansociety.org.uk 

THE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY 

Established at the Nene Valley Railway, Wansford, England in November 2007, the principal 

purposes of the society are to: 

Support the restoration of rolling stock of The Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des 

Grands Express Europeens, owned by and based at the Nene Valley Railway, currently restaurant 

car 2975 and sleeping car 3916, both practically and financially. 

Promote and develop a Museum facility, to be called the 'Night Mail' to display the carriages and 

associated artefacts, in conjunction with the Nene Valley Railway TPO group. 

Collate both historical and current day information on the company Wagons-Lits, its carriages 

and artefacts, making the information freely available on the web site, in publications and in the 

future museum facilities. 

Promote the world wide preservation of historically important railway rolling stock and artefacts. 

The society journal “les Grands Express Européens” is published twice a year. 

For membership details and information relating to CIWL visit the IRPS web site 

www.irps-wl.org.uk 



MAILBAG: 

©Clive Hanley. 

Mailbag is your opportunity to ask and also respond to questions and queries as raised. 

Send your Email questions, queries and responses to pullmancarservices@yahoo.co.uk 

Mail Bag 01/2011. 

Tom Dalziel. 

Lantz, Nova Scotia. 

Canada 

My name is Tom Dalziel, I was recently searching for information on my family history and came 

upon some interesting information. My Great Grandfather was Davison Dalziel who was once the 

chairman of the Pullman Car Company. 

I noticed the caption below from your Coupe News June 2007 Car No. 52 Page 7. 

1927 – June 80 Years Ago. 

June 3rd. Davison Dalziel is made an Peer of the Realm. 

Meeting representatives of the Pullman Car Company Limited at London 

Victoria Station. At which he received a silver model of a Pullman car 

(Rosemary) as an commemorative of his Peerage. 

I thought you might find it interesting to know that I have the silver model of Rosemary that was 

presented to him that day. It was passed on to me by my father who received it in turn from his 

father. 

(Photographs on following page). 



©T.Dalziel - May 2011 

Plaque Text. 

A TOKEN OF ESTEEM AND REGARD FROM THE STAFF OF THE PULLMAN CAR COMPANY LIMITED 

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD DALZIEL OF WOOLER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS ELEVATION 

TO THE PEERAGE 3 RD JUNE 1927 

©T.Dalziel - May 2011 

Tom. 

My thanks for taking the time to advise and supply the photographs of the survival of this unique gift 

to the late Chairman of the Pullman Car Company. 



Mail Bag 02/2011. 

Alan Hegler. 

USA. 

I am aware that Jackson Sharpe supplied cars to the CIWL in the later part of the nineteenth century, 

I would be most interested in any information you may be able to advise on these cars. 

I have been able to track down a photograph, which I am sure will have been taken within Europe 

after the cars arrival. 

Car No.284A. 

Alan. 

In response to your request I detail the following relating to the cars in question. 



Internationale Eisenbahn Schlafwagen Gesellschaft. 

CAR No: 

CAR 

TYPE: 

AXLES: 

LENGTH 

EXCLUDING 

BUFFERS 

(Metres): 

SEATS OR 

BERTHS: 

YEAR: 

Remarks: 

284 - 286 WL 4 17,435 16 1890 For Switzerland (Gotthard Railway). 

287 - 289 WL 4 19,255 20 1892 For P&O Express (Calais – Brindisi). 

290 – 292 WR 4 17,420 36 1892 For P&O Express (Calais – Brindisi) 

In 1896 CAR No.292 allocated to 

the Nord Express (Ostend – Berlin). 

300 - 313 WL 4 17,920 18 1890 For Italy. 

314 - 322 WR 4 17,240 36 1890 For Italy. 

323 -330 WL 4 19,320 16 1892 Foe Russia. 

336 - 340 WR 4 17,420 36 1892 

342 - 344 WL 4 19,255 20 1891 For P&O Express. In 1924 Rebuilt to WL 16 pl. 

347 - 349 WL 4 19,255 20 1891 For P&O Express. In 1924 Rebuilt to WL 16 pl. 

359 - 366 WR 4 17,420 36 1893 For Italy. 

In 1923 CAR No.360 re-numbered 1360. 

367 - 372 WLM 4 19,350 10 1893 For Italy. 

CAR No.370 to 372 were WL 20 pl. 

In 1920 CAR No.369 to 372 were rebuilt to WL 16 pl. 

Det Internationale Sovevogns – og de Store Europaeiske Esksprestogs – Selskab. 

CAR No: 

CAR 

TYPE: 

AXLES: 

LENGTH 

EXCLUDING 

BUFFERS 

(Metres): 

SEATS OR 

BERTHS: 

YEAR: 

Remarks: 

1037 – 1040 F 3 12,400 1892 1037 and 1039 in P&O Express. 

1038 Orient Express, later P&O Express. 

CIWL Livery: 

Up until 1922 - Varnished Teak. 

From 1922 

- Royal Blue with Gold Lettering and Designs. 

CAR Type Abbreviations: 

F - Fourgon - Luggage Van. 

WL - Wagon Lits - Sleeping Car. 

WR - Wagon-Restaurant - Dining car with kitchen. 

WLM - Wagon-Lits Mixte - Sleeping car with both sleeping and ordinary compartments. 

Axles: 

2 = 4-Wheel: 3 = 6-Wheel; 4 = 4-Wheel Bogie; 6 = 6-Wheel Bogie. 

Information Source: 

Luxury Trains From the Orient Express to the TGV. George Behrend. 1982. ISBN 0-86565-016-0. 



Mail Bag 03/2011 

Bob Webber. 

USA. 

Many thanks for forwarding the Pullman Car Preservation List. 

I am unsure if there is an organization that has the Lot & Plan information for cars built in the 

Both the United Kingdom and Europe. 

I detail some information relating to the early cars from the USA within the PCP List supplied. 

1. The first entry is related (as far as I can tell) to these two Pullman Lots: 

4 x Second/Third Class Cars - No. 5 to 8 - Built 1874 - Lot PD 21 Plan 41. 

4 x Baggage Third Class Cars - No. 1 to 4 - Built1874 - Lot PD 22 Plan 42. 

2. The second entry relates to: 

17 x Parlor - 19 x Chair, 8 x Seat. 

Midland Railway - ADONIS, ALBION, ALEXANDRA, APOLLO, ARIEL, AURORA, CERES, COMET, 

ECLIPSE, JUNO, MERCURY, MINERVA, PLANET & VESTA. 

London Brighton & South Coast Railway - ALBERT EDWARD, ALEXANDRA & GLOBE. 

Built 1876 - Lot PD 31 Plan 45. 

3. Sleepers - 8 Section, State Room. 

BALMORAL, CULCROSS - Built 1883 - Lot PD 158 Plan 130. 

4. 32 Seat, Buffet Observation Parlor Cars, Pullman Co. Limited In England . 

London Brighton & South Coast Railway. 

Numbers & Names applied in England. 

Special Side Elevation Tracing of these cars - in File 

DUCHESS OF NORFOLK, PRINCESS ENA & PRINCESS PATRICIA . 

Built 1905 - Lot 3223 1Plan 376-C. 

Bob. 

Many thanks for taking the time to advise of the above details, I am unaware of any UK publication 

detailing such information, unless any reader knows otherwise and can advise. 



©The Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust – Ian S Carr – R.Barber April 2011. 

231K40 at Boulogne Maritime on June 11 th 1959. 

“The Pullman” at 7-9 Church Street Folkestone, Kent. 



TOPAZ Interior - Sunday May 15 th 2011 - Gerry Young: 

Over the weekend of May 13 th to 15 th the Pullman Society held its 22 nd Annual General Meeting at 

York. On Sunday May 15 th Society members were allowed the very rare access to the interior of 

Pullman car TOPAZ. 



CIWL Car No.2439 renumbered to No.2419 the ‘Armistice Car’ on display at the 

Museum Compiegne Lesigny Chateau Park Oise. 



The 5 Bel Unit 2053 c1932 - ©Pamlin Prints M579. 

I detail below the recent activities with regard to the project. 

Ex-5Bel Kitchen First DORIS joins the project and completes Brighton Belle formation. 

Two major rail restoration projects can now be completed following the acquisition of historic 

Pullman car 'Carina' by the 5BEL Trust. The former Golden Arrow kitchen car has been transferred to 

the Bluebell Railway to allow them to complete a five car all-Pullman Golden Arrow rake. 

In turn, the ex-Brighton Belle Pullman First Class car 'Doris' moves to the 5BEL Trust as the final car 

for the Brighton Belle. 

The 5BEL Trust and the Bluebell Railway have been working in close partnership to achieve these 

long held goals. Since the withdrawal of Pullman cars from service, 'Carina' has passed through a 

number of owners, but was never returned to service. For a while she was preserved at the Hotel 

Mercure in Lyon. In recent years, she has been stored by Jim Kay on the NYMR, awaiting deep 

restoration. It is expected that the return to full operating standard will take several years. 

The acquisition of 'Carina' is a key part of the Bluebell Railway's long-term plan for a five-car all- 

Pullman Golden Arrow train, providing a much-needed second kitchen. Several years ago, the railway 

acquired 'Doris' as a potential second kitchen, but recognised that the conversion from electric to 

steam specification might not be optimal from a heritage standpoint. The Bluebell Railway therefore 

agreed to release 'Doris' for the Brighton Belle project if another Pullman kitchen car could be found. 




The restoration of Brighton Belle Parlour Second CAR No.85 at Rampart Carriage & Wagon Services 

Ltd, Derby on May 4 th 2011. The sanding back the years of paintwork clearly identifies the cars 

original numbering. 

Ex-5Bel Parlour Second CAR No.87 Heads South. 

CAR No.87 was moved by road from the Keith & Dufftown Railway to Southall in March. She will be 

held in store until a slot becomes available for her to be moved to Derby for initial coach restoration. 

For further update on the project, take 5 and visit the web site. 

http://www.brightonbelle.com 



From The Fourgon: 

I hope that you have found at least some of the content of interest within this first edition of your 

‘Pullman & CIWL News’. 

My thanks to those who have taken time to forward material in the form of news, articles and 

photographs, without your contributions this edition would not have been published. 

As with any publication, the first edition is a ‘stab in the dark’ with regard to content and layout, but I 

am sure with your help the forthcoming editions will set a pattern for the future. 

So it’s time to share your memories with your fellow travelers, be it a reminiscing of a past trip, an 

encounter, an image or news of a specific car. 

The August/September edition is a blank page at this moment. 

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


T.Bye - ©PCS-A - June & July 2011.

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