Instead, it will be a series of well-appointed Pullman coaches, where the passengers sense that cracks are appearing in the wheels.

The Pullman coaches were withdrawn early in World War II.

He is traveling in the fifth Pullman coach, in the ninth seat from the front, on this side of the car.

Porters could ride at half fare on their days off - but not on Pullman coaches.

The kitchen car, with its stainless steel galley, is another refurbished Pullman coach, first built for the Southern Railway Company.

Its typical formation was four 2nd-class coaches and four first-class Pullman coaches, hauled by a Class 86 electric locomotive.

She watched the sick woman put aboard the one Pullman coach, and then she herself went into the stuffy day-coach.

"It's lucky if she isn't smashed to matchwood," groaned Tom, and almost immediately left the Pullman coach on the run.

So the Pullman coaches were withdrawn on 15 April 1966, and the train reverted to normal carriages.

It set high standards for comfort and luxury, and it was made up entirely of Pullman coaches.