N&W in 1910--Pullman

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
October 9, 1910

ALL STEEL PULLMAN
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The First Car of Its Kind to Be Seen in This Section
    The first all steel Pullman car ever seen here passed through the city yesterday afternoon on its way to Gary, attached to train No. 1.  It is named "Brownston" [sic], and was in charge of Captain Paul.  The car is equipped with an axle generator which generates the electricity used on the car and has a sectional heating plant which makes it possible to heat certain sections of the car while the others remain unheated.  It has a number of other modern improvements which interested a number of the railroad men at the station yesterday.  Its weight is 145,000 pounds.  The car is similar to those which are used on the Pennsylvania railroad in its new tunnel from Jersey into the new Union station which will be opened for public service on the 13th of November.
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Gordon Hamilton
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