Shimbleshanks
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I remember my father telling me how he and my Mum once travelled on the pullman train (probably from Yorkshire) to London in the late 1940s - very probably on their honmeymoon. Knowing my Old Man, it seems highly unlikely that he would have forked out for first class tickets - even on his honeymoon - so I assume that they travelled second class (or possibly it was third class in those days).
In many ways, a second or third class pullman seems a contradiction in terms. Was second class in a Pullman noticeably more comfortable than normal second class? Was the catering any different? I got the impression from what my father told me there was some sort of at-seat service, though I'm not sure if meals or drinks were included in the fare.
I get the impression that the diesel Blue Pullmans had second class accommodation, or at least some of them did. Again, was it noticeably more comfortable than normal second class of those days? But I think the electric loco-hauled manchester Pullman of the 1970s and early 1980s was first class pullman only. Not sure about other pullman trains of that era - were some of them first class Pullman and ordinary second class?
In many ways, a second or third class pullman seems a contradiction in terms. Was second class in a Pullman noticeably more comfortable than normal second class? Was the catering any different? I got the impression from what my father told me there was some sort of at-seat service, though I'm not sure if meals or drinks were included in the fare.
I get the impression that the diesel Blue Pullmans had second class accommodation, or at least some of them did. Again, was it noticeably more comfortable than normal second class of those days? But I think the electric loco-hauled manchester Pullman of the 1970s and early 1980s was first class pullman only. Not sure about other pullman trains of that era - were some of them first class Pullman and ordinary second class?