This Pullman heavyweight parlor car is painted Tuscan red with a black roof. It bears the name “Joel Chandler Harris” and the Pullman name, both in buff color. It was built in October 1925, serviced in June 1950, and runs on six-wheel passenger trucks. The introduction of the steel cars brought the end of the luxurious, artisan-crafted, and custom designed wooden cars which had been the rule since the 1880s. With the opening of the Pennsylvania Station in New York in 1910 and the Grand Central Terminal in 1913, passenger safety in the tunnels approaching these buildings demanded a more noncombustible material.

Expected Release: August 2011