Re a train barber shop, the few routes out west that had those ran on smooth track even though it was not continuous welded rail. The maintenance of course was excellent.
Besides NY Central, other roads such as the B&O also had all-Pullman (The Capitol Limited) and all-coach (The Columbian) trains from the East (NY or DC) to Chicago as well as trains with both. On the PRR the overnight train The General (second only to the Broadway in 1962 when I rode) had plenty of Pullmans and coaches, and then there were the various slower NY-Chicago PRR trains such as The Manhattan Limited. The Golden Triangle was PRR's Pittsburgh to Chicago overnighter and the Pittsburgher was overnight to NY but was all-Pullman (but into the 1950s or even beyond, all passengers had both day & night choices among the various trains, with parlor cars for daytime first-class).
The fabulous Go Pullman pamphlet shows a fixed ladder in place for the Section upper berth but that was a late amenity. Normally the porter had to bring the ladder to each upper berth or a (at least tall spry) passenger could get up there on his own. (In 1959 on the Olympian Hiawatha lower-cost "Tour-a-Lux" 16-section sleeper I did it both with and without.) The pamphlet's depiction of men's and ladies' restrooms were for cars with 10 or more Sections (not for the later & fairly common 6 Sec.-6 Rmte-4 Bedroom cars, or the Canadian's cars with 4 Sections or now 3 with a shower room for the whole sleeper replacing one Section. The PRR by the late 1950s had no Sections so after 1971 with Amtrak when I went from Pittsburgh to Chicago the conductor & trainman I overheard remarking that they'd not see those for years (there were a few Sections in the next car to ours).
My favorite car names were IL Central's 6-6-4 sleepers with names like Banana Road, King Cotton, Land O' Strawberries, Petroleum, and Prairie State. PRR's 12 duplex room, 4 bedroom cars were named Cascade Pond, Cascade Pool, etc., etc. but one was Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816, a noted Pennsylvanian).
Besides NY Central, other roads such as the B&O also had all-Pullman (The Capitol Limited) and all-coach (The Columbian) trains from the East (NY or DC) to Chicago as well as trains with both. On the PRR the overnight train The General (second only to the Broadway in 1962 when I rode) had plenty of Pullmans and coaches, and then there were the various slower NY-Chicago PRR trains such as The Manhattan Limited. The Golden Triangle was PRR's Pittsburgh to Chicago overnighter and the Pittsburgher was overnight to NY but was all-Pullman (but into the 1950s or even beyond, all passengers had both day & night choices among the various trains, with parlor cars for daytime first-class).
The fabulous Go Pullman pamphlet shows a fixed ladder in place for the Section upper berth but that was a late amenity. Normally the porter had to bring the ladder to each upper berth or a (at least tall spry) passenger could get up there on his own. (In 1959 on the Olympian Hiawatha lower-cost "Tour-a-Lux" 16-section sleeper I did it both with and without.) The pamphlet's depiction of men's and ladies' restrooms were for cars with 10 or more Sections (not for the later & fairly common 6 Sec.-6 Rmte-4 Bedroom cars, or the Canadian's cars with 4 Sections or now 3 with a shower room for the whole sleeper replacing one Section. The PRR by the late 1950s had no Sections so after 1971 with Amtrak when I went from Pittsburgh to Chicago the conductor & trainman I overheard remarking that they'd not see those for years (there were a few Sections in the next car to ours).
My favorite car names were IL Central's 6-6-4 sleepers with names like Banana Road, King Cotton, Land O' Strawberries, Petroleum, and Prairie State. PRR's 12 duplex room, 4 bedroom cars were named Cascade Pond, Cascade Pool, etc., etc. but one was Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816, a noted Pennsylvanian).
