Pioneer Pieces In American History

 In 1863 George Pullman introduced the first dining car for passengers on the railroad.  In a few years, however, Pullman withdrew from the ...

Rail travel in the days before dining cars, did not allow meals or upper class dining on board.  The "quick lunch" was the accepta...

Every early passenger car was divided in several separate compartments which held between six to eight people. (see photo on right) Here pas...

The American opportunity to travel was a good equalizer in the early days.  The transportation systems, like rail, tended to not only reduce...

 American technology was a for a land of the future, but Americans seldom thought they were building for that future.  They viewed technolog...