Dinwiddie County Pullman Car Explained

Background:	4A5F2B
Dinwiddie County 10-section lounge
Manufacturer:	Pullman
Ordernumber:	Lot 4998
Yearconstruction:	1926
Diagram:	Pullman Plan 3521A; later 3521F
Capacity:	20 in 10 sections 12 (later 14) lounge seats
Operator:	Pullman Company National Railway Historical Society
Aux:	32 volt
Hvac:	Mechanical
Bogies:	Type 2410A
Brakes:	Type UC
Gauge:	Embed: yes Dinwiddie County Pullman Car Designated Other1: Virginia Landmarks Register Designated Other1 Date: April 17, 1991^[1] Designated Other1 Number: 020-0023 Designated Other1 Num Position: bottom Location: Hallsboro Yard, northeast of the junction of VA 606 and VA 671, Midlothian, Virginia Coordinates: 37.4831°N -77.7361°W Builder: Pullman Co. Added: July 3, 1991 Area: less than one acre Refnum: 91000834

Dinwiddie County Pullman Car is a historic Pullman car located near Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built in 1926 as the Mt. Angeles by the Pullman Company, one of thirty cars on Lot 4998, all to Plan 3521A.^[2] It is a heavyweight, all-steel sleeping car with ten sections and one observation lounge. In June 1934 Pullman rebuilt it to Plan 3521F and changed the name of the car to Dinwiddie and again in April 1937 the name was changed to Dinwiddie County, which name it retains to this day. These name changes represent the car's transfer to service on the Norfolk and Western Railway's trains operating to and from Virginia.^[3]

The car was sold to the National Railway Historical Society in 1965.^[4] It appeared in the 1976 television movie Eleanor and Franklin as the funeral car for Franklin Delano Roosevelt.^[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

See also

• Mt. Broderick Pullman Car – another car from the same Lot, that had a different refurbishment.

References

• Web site: Madden . Tom . The Pullman Project . 2013-12-05.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-06-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
2. Madden, items 9617–9746 of Excel file.
3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dinwiddie County Pullman Car. Joseph S. White III. April 1991. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
4. Madden, item 9617 of Excel file.
5. Web site: Railway Preservation News • View topic - Dinwiddie County Pullman Car, Midlothian, Virginia. www.rypn.org.