Jovita
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Jovita a heavyweight Pullman Company
Sleeping car
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The Jovita is a steel heavyweight sleeping car built by and for the Pullman Company
in 1914. It is believed it is one of the oldest heavyweight Pullman cars in its original configuration still in existence. It was built with 12 open Sections and one Drawing Room. The car had twelve open sections with a fold-down upper berth and lower berth made by folding the seats down in each section, and one drawing room - a large enclosed room with three beds and its own toilet and sink.http://www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com/pullman.html The car was unusual in that it has a removable boards between the sections, when open it gives the car a very open feeling.
The car has been in several movies including Eight Men Out
, where baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis is seen riding away in the car. It is also seen in the movie Lost in Yonkers
, there are some good interior shots of the car,
Pullman's first all-steel car, the Jamestown, was built in 1907. It proved the merits of steel construction, but was overweight. Additional work resulted in a lighter, improved car structure. Production began in January 1910 with a car named Carnegie, and continued, using the same basic design, for the next two decades. This standard car structure also allowed Pullman to standardize various mechanical systems, resulting in improved reliability in addition to the greater strength and safety of the steel cars. http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Landmarks/Pullman_Sleeping_Car_Glengyle.cfm
It was used as a tourist sleeper in its later life, then sold to the Circus and later to a "Orange Belt" tourist line.
Today, the Jovita is part of the collection of the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
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Pullman Company
The Pullman Palace Car Company, founded by George Pullman, manufactured railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. Pullman developed the sleeping car which carried his name into the 1980s...
Sleeping car
Sleeping car
The sleeping car or sleeper is a railway/railroad passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another, primarily for the purpose of making nighttime travel more restful. The first such cars saw sporadic use on American railroads in the 1830s and could be configured...
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The Jovita is a steel heavyweight sleeping car built by and for the Pullman Company
Pullman Company
The Pullman Palace Car Company, founded by George Pullman, manufactured railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. Pullman developed the sleeping car which carried his name into the 1980s...
in 1914. It is believed it is one of the oldest heavyweight Pullman cars in its original configuration still in existence. It was built with 12 open Sections and one Drawing Room. The car had twelve open sections with a fold-down upper berth and lower berth made by folding the seats down in each section, and one drawing room - a large enclosed room with three beds and its own toilet and sink.http://www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com/pullman.html The car was unusual in that it has a removable boards between the sections, when open it gives the car a very open feeling.
The car has been in several movies including Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out is an American dramatic sports film, released in 1988 and based on Eliot Asinof 1963 book 8 Men Out. It was written and directed by John Sayles....
, where baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis is seen riding away in the car. It is also seen in the movie Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers is a 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Neil Simon. After eleven previews, the Broadway production, produced by Emanuel Azenberg and directed by Gene Saks, opened on February 21, 1991 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 780 performances...
, there are some good interior shots of the car,
Pullman's first all-steel car, the Jamestown, was built in 1907. It proved the merits of steel construction, but was overweight. Additional work resulted in a lighter, improved car structure. Production began in January 1910 with a car named Carnegie, and continued, using the same basic design, for the next two decades. This standard car structure also allowed Pullman to standardize various mechanical systems, resulting in improved reliability in addition to the greater strength and safety of the steel cars. http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Landmarks/Pullman_Sleeping_Car_Glengyle.cfm
It was used as a tourist sleeper in its later life, then sold to the Circus and later to a "Orange Belt" tourist line.
Today, the Jovita is part of the collection of the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
The Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati is a railroad museum in Covington, Kentucky.-Collection:The museum owns and maintains a collection of 80 historic railroad equipment located on a site....
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