The Empire Builder
Car 1122 from the Great Northern's Empire Builder passenger train. When World War II ended, the Great Northern gave the "Empire Builder" a massive upgrade. Five entirely new streamlined, diesel-powered trains were ordered, making their debut on February 7th, 1947. Pullman-Standard built the sixty cars, and Electro-Motive furnished ten passenger diesel locomotives. The passenger cars were all numbered in the 1100 series. The entire ensemble was painted in the "Empire Builder scheme of a beautiful "Omaha Orange" and dark "Pullman Green" with gold strips and lettering, and a silver band along the bottom, which became the standard for GN passenger trains for 20 years. Pullman Neg # P48319
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| Title | The Empire Builder |
| Description | Car 1122 from the Great Northern's Empire Builder passenger train. When World War II ended, the Great Northern gave the "Empire Builder" a massive upgrade. Five entirely new streamlined, diesel-powered trains were ordered, making their debut on February 7th, 1947. Pullman-Standard built the sixty cars, and Electro-Motive furnished ten passenger diesel locomotives. The passenger cars were all numbered in the 1100 series. The entire ensemble was painted in the "Empire Builder scheme of a beautiful "Omaha Orange" and dark "Pullman Green" with gold strips and lettering, and a silver band along the bottom, which became the standard for GN passenger trains for 20 years. Pullman Neg # P48319 |
| Subjects | Pullman_Train_Cars; |
| Creator | Joseph McAllister, Pullman Company |
| Date | 1946-10-18 |
| Format | Photograph (all forms) |
| Identifier | 10808: pfp.12.28.07.195 |
| Rights | The Pullman State Historic Site provides reproductions of items from its collections for personal or research use. If an image is to be reproduced in any type of publication or on the web, written permission is required and use fees may be assessed. Digitization of some of the items in this collection was developed pursuant to a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, an Office of the Secretary of State using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. |
| Collection | Pullman State Historic Site |
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