TRAIN AIR CONDITIONING

“Golden State” diesel-electric engine (Southern Pacific) crossing the Arizona Desert

First air conditioned dining car “Martha Washington” (Carrier) 1930

Passenger car for air conditioning tests. Passenger heat is simulated by electric lamps (Carrier) 1931

These 4 pages of text are from “Father of Air Conditioning (Willis Haviland Carrier),” Margaret Ingels, Country Life Press, 1952

This extract is from “The Romance of Air Conditioning,” Logan Lewis, Carrier USA, 1950’s

Union Pacific aerodynamic train 1935

Air conditioned Pullman sleeping car on the Union Pacific, 1930’s

From ASRE Data Book, 1954-55

Draft paper by J A E (Archie) Heard, Heritage Group

Passenger train air conditioning (General Motors-Frigidaire) 1956