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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by gbrewer artmark, Pullman service all over the country was taken over by the carriers. It wasn't their idea; Pullman was required to divest itself of either the sleeping car operations or the car building business by the US Justice Department and a consent decree. By that late date, they had an easy decision to make. [/quote] The PULLMAN Company was purchased by the carriers after divestiture. The PULLMAN Company was still a seperate orginazation until its closing on December 31st of '68. In the same manner that 14 or so railroads bought the Illinois Terminal. The IT remained a seperate company. The PULLMAN Company still being seperate leased their cars from the carriers, maintained them for the services they ran on, employeed the attendants, conductors, chefs (attendants KW), waiters and bus boys. Revenues earned from the sale of space and PULLMAN provided food and beverages went to the PULLMAN Co. until their closing in '68. PULLMAN provided the linens, china, glassware, etc. When you traveled in sleeping car space you bought a railroad ticket for transportation, and you still purchased a PULLMAN ticket for accomodations. The service rendered was still in the long standing spirit of The PULLMAN Company. When you traveled on the B&O's National Limited in the early '60s, and used sleeping car service, you payed PULLMAN for the space, and for your meals in the observation car. The B&O contracted with PULLMAN to provide restaurant service on that train. In 1958 The NYC completely severed their relationship with PULLMAN and thereby assumed the administration and operation of the entire realm of services, and directly employeed the staff used for sleeping car and lounge service formerly provided by PULLMAN. A similar situation happened with the Pennsy. In 1956 the PRR terminated their contract with PULLMAN for providing parlor, and restaurant parlor service. At that time the PRR assumed the complete staffing and provisions for tht service and terminated the leases of parlor equipment operated by PULLMAN on PRR lines. In the spring of '67 the PRR severed the remaining PULLMAN contracts for sleeping car service in prelude to the PC merger. Therefore, when the Broadway ran its last, it was an all-sleeping car train, not an all-Pullman train. Mitch
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