ABSTRACT
The luxury of the ‘Palace Cars’ of America are known by all visitors to that country, where, but for these appliances, a journey of some thousands of miles would be a terrific undertaking. The new cars were constructed in America at the works of the Pullman Company at Detroit, and were sent over piecemeal to be put together at the Midland Company’s works at Derby. In the day cars the door of the entrance leads into a short lobby, having lavatories and dressing-rooms for ladies on one side, and for gentlemen on the other, and opening on a luxurious saloon measuring about 30 feet, and containing seventeen rotatory chairs, covered with crimson velvet, arranged in two lines along the sides, leaving room in the centre for free passage. The Midland has never neglected the creature-comforts of its travellers. The Midland Grand Hotel is, however, the chief and most interesting feature of the immense pile.
