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Sleeping Cars | Personal Belongings and Individual HeatingThe first sleeping car in the world, a crude affair with tiers of berths along one wall, was introduced in the United States in 1836. In 1859 American inventor George Pullman converted two Alton Railroad coaches into sleeping cars, and in 1864 he patented the first sleeping car of the type that remained standard in the United States for nearly three-quarters of a century. Modern sleeping cars contain a number of individual rooms called roomettes, bedrooms, or compartments. Rooms have toilet facilities, mirrors and electric lights, liberal space for luggage and personal belongings, and individual heating and air-conditioning controls (Sleeping Cars, Personal Belongings and Individual Heating). Sleeping Cars | Personal Belongings and Individual Heating |
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GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF RAILROADS: • INTRODUCTION • STATE REGULATION • FEDERAL REGULATION • EARLY 20TH-CENTURY REGULATION • THE DEPRESSION YEARS • POSTWAR ENACTMENTS • DEREGULATION MOVEMENTS |
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