Frustrated that the American Railway Union had refused to accept Black railway workers, which by 1925 had swelled to more that 10,000 porters, Randolph led a push to form the Brotherhood of Sleeping ...

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City’s Harlem for a meeting that would become a key event in the Civil Rights Movement and the ...

Prior to the time of the streamliners, North American passenger trains were not particularly colorful. Most sleeping cars were Pullman green, although there were exceptions; both the Pennsylvania ...

In June 1938, the New York Central introduced new locomotives and Pullman cars ... railway passenger travel suddenly got Flashed up when two of the nation's most famous trains, New York ...