Pullman Palace "South Park" - Page 3
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| # | DATE | PHOTOG. | LOCATION | SOURCE | PAGE | C | REMARKS |
| (1) | Early 1880s | Charles Weitfle | Arkansas River Bridge | Digerness1 | 227 | EG | Plan 73 Sleeper may be South Park |
| Ferrell/SoPk | 51 | DG TK |
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| Poor | 178(ME) | AA | |||||
| (2) | 1894? | H.H. Buckwalter | Atlantic | Digerness2 | 322 | RR | Car farthest to the left appears to be South Park as a coach |
| 1895? | Ferrell/SoPk | 153 | WA | ||||
| late 1890s? | Kindig | 311(u) | FM | ||||
| 1898? | Speas | 80 | RR | ||||
| “1890s” | Unknown | High Bridge | Kindig | 233(d) | RR | Car on far right may be (before 1892) Pullman San Juan, (1892-1894) coach #176, or (after 1894) business car B-1 | |
| (3) | 1895 May 25 | H.H. Buckwalter | Atlantic | Chappell | 77(d) | CM | UPD&G business car #1 |
| Ferrell/SoPk | 150(u) | CM MA |
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| Kindig | 307 | CH | |||||
| Speas | 120 | RR | |||||
| DPL WHC | CHS-B593 | DP | |||||
| 1899? | Unknown | West Portal | Ferrell/SoPk | 152(u) | GM | UPD&G business car #1 | |
| Kindig | 396(u) | FR | |||||
| (4) | 1929 | C&S Ry. Photo | Dome Rock* | Digerness2 | 38 | RR | C&S business car #910 |
| Kindig | 269 | DP | |||||
| Poole | 208 | DP | |||||
| (5) | 1929 | C&S Ry. Photo | Halfway Tank* | Beebe | 147(u) | DP | C&S business car #910 |
| Digerness2 | 103 | RR | |||||
| Kindig | 283(u) | DP | |||||
| Speas | 83 | RR | |||||
| 1829 | Unknown | Selkirk Tank* | Digerness2 | 106 | DD | C&S business car #910 | |
| 1929 | C&S Ry. Photo | Dillon* | Digerness2 | 186 | RR | C&S business car #910 | |
| 1929 | Unknown | Argyle* | Forrest | 46 | C&S business car #910 | ||
| Kindig | 410 | NM | |||||
| 1929 | Unknown | Waterton* | Chappell | 266(u) | NA | C&S business car #910 | |
| 1929 | Unknown | Platte Canyon* | Chappell | 266(d) | NA | C&S business car #910 | |
| 1929 | Unknown | above Strontia Springs* | Chappell | 267(d) | NA | C&S business car #910 | |
| 1929 | Unknown | Buffalo* | Chappell | 268(d) | NA | C&S business car #910 | |
| Kindig | 417(u) | DP | |||||
| 1929 | Unknown | Pine Grove* | Chappell | 269(u) | NA | C&S business car #910 | |
| 1929 | Unknown | Grant* | Chappell | 269(u) | NA | C&S business car #910 | |
| 1929 | Unknown | near Webster* | Chappell | 270(u) | NA | C&S business car #910 | |
| 1929 | Unknown | Jefferson* | Chappell | 271(d) | NA | C&S business car #910 | |
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* These photos are all of the same train at different locations. |
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The John Maxwell Collection offers a floor plan and elevations of the plan 73 Pullmans, based on a drawing in the National Car Builder for January 1880. It is their plan DSP-103.
Barger/UP-x has a plan and side elevation of C&S business car #910 (old #B-1) based on the C&S passenger car diagram ca. 1923.
Martin/Business has elevation drawings of C&S business car #910.
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Car diagram of C&S business car #910 updated through 1916. (Note this is not a scale drawing.) Click pic for enlargement. |
SUMMARY
| DSP&P No. | Pullman South Park | |
| 1885 U.P. No. | Pullman South Park | |
| 1889 DL&G No. | #176 | |
| 1899 C&S Initial Roster No. | #010 | |
| 1899 Relettered as | B-1 | |
| 1906 C&S No. | #910 | |
| Car Type | 1885-1891 | Open Pullman |
| 1892-1893 | Coach | |
| 1894-1929 | Business Car | |
| Built | October 1879 | |
| Built by | Pullman | |
| Date Assigned | October 1879 | |
| Cost | $8,500 | |
| “Converted” to coach | March 1892 | |
| Rebuilt as business car | 1894 | |
| Capacity | as sleeper |
10
Sections: (10 lower, 10 upper berths) |
| as business car (1916) |
Sleeping: 5 lower, 6 upper berths * |
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| Length Over Endsills (1916) | 42'-5" | |
| Length Over Buffers (1916) | 50'-5" | |
| Truck Centers (1916) | 30'-5" | |
| Truck Wheelbase (1916) | N.G. | 6'-0" |
| S.G. | 7'-0" | |
| Width | 1885 | 8'-4" |
| 1916 | 8'-2" | |
| Weight | ca. 1885 | 15 tons as sleeper |
| 1912 | 27 tons as business car | |
| 1916 | 53,300 lbs. | |
| Wheel Size | 1885 | 30" “paper” |
| 1916 N.G. | 30" | |
| 1916 S.G. | 36" | |
| Heating | Baker Heater | |
| Lighting | 1885 | Oil lamps |
| 1916 | Pintsch Gas | |
| Interior Finish | Sleeper (1879) | Mahogany, burl, prima vera (white wood), amaranth, ebony, and rosewood |
| Business Car (1916) | Mahogany with green plush upholstery | |
| Platform Roof | Bullnose | |
| Termination Date | 10 March 1929 | |
| Termination Method | Dismantled | |
| * Includes berth above workspace in kitchen for “servant.” | ||
