Alton Railroad
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The Alton Railroad was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri. Its predecessor, the Chicago and Alton Railroad, was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1931 and was controlled until 1942 when the Alton was released to the courts. On May 31, 1947, the Alton Railroad was merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Jacob Bunn had been one of the founding reorganizers of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company during the 1860s.
Chicago and Alton coal hopper.
Gold Bond of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, issued 1. October 1899
Postcard depiction of the railroad's Bloomington shops.
Sleeping car
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The sleeping car or sleeper is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping. George Pullman was the American innovator of the sleeper car.
Pullman sleeping car, original to the William Crooks locomotive, on display in Duluth, Minnesota
The first American sleeping car, the "Chambersburg" started service on the CVRR in 1839.
Pullman porter making an upper berth aboard the B&O Capitol Limited bound for Chicago, c. 1944
Open section accommodations of a Pullman car in day mode from c.1950s.