Sleeping car facts for kids
The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lit) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another, primarily for the purpose of making nighttime travel more comfortable. George Pullman was the American inventor of the sleeper car.
The first such cars saw sporadic use on American railroads in the 1830s; they could be configured for coach seating during the day. Some of the more luxurious types have private rooms (fully and solidly enclosed rooms that are not shared with strangers).
Images for kids
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The first American sleeping car, the "Chambersburg" started service on the CVRR in 1839.
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Interior of a Pullman car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad, c. 1900, configured for daytime operation
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Pullman porter making an upper berth aboard the B&O Capitol Limited bound for Chicago, c. 1944
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Open section accommodations of a Pullman car in day mode from c.1950s.
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In 1964, aging open-section Pullman cars waited in Portland, Oregon, available for "emergencies".
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NH RR's 1942 World War II advertisement "The Kid in Upper 4." This ad depicts an open section of a sleeping car.
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Pullman private compartment, c.1950s.
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Amtrak Viewliner, a single-level sleeping car
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Map of European night trains carrying sleeper and/or couchette cars, January 2020.
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A CityNightLine double-decker sleeping car
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1st class two berth sleeper Kiev to Moscow
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A Russian TVZ double-deck sleeper car
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A WLABmee 71-31 car, the standard sleeping car of the CFR, at the defunct Belgrade Main railway station
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A Caledonian Sleeper double berth in the UK.
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A double-deck conventional passenger sleeping car of China in April 2006
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Sleeping cars on The Ghan near Alice Springs in 2015.
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Sleeping cabin of a NSW TrainLink XPT in 2013.
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See also
In Spanish: Coche cama para niños
