Crew Life aboard the Overland Limited

[Lindsay_K]

Hello all, any ideas as to where I could get an accout of crew life aboard the Overland Limited? Any books or publications on this subject that come to mind?

[gmpullman]

Hi,

It has been a few years since I've read it but the oral history titled Those Pullman Blues has some insight on the life of a Pullman porter in the later streamliner era:

 

https://tinyurl.com/yxj84jm9

Also:

Rising From The Rails, Pullman Porters and the Rise of the Black Middle Class

https://tinyurl.com/y5ted2ku

There was a DVD made of this second book that is also worth a look.

Hope that helps, Ed

[wjstix]

Besides the Pullman porters, the dining car staff normally would stay on the train the whole way. I did find a website that looks like it might have info for you:

Railroad Dining Car Archives

"Focus on Overland Route Dining Car & Passenger Trains prior to 1956"

 

http://railroadarchives.org/

[Jones1945]

wjstix

Besides the Pullman porters, the dining car staff normally would stay on the train the whole way. I did find a website that looks like it might have info for you:

Railroad Dining Car Archives

 

This is a very useful link, thank you for posting it, wjstix. I found something I am looking for recently: 

http://railroadarchives.org/content/brochure-streamliner-fleet-cnw-1937