June 29: Twelve special Pullman trains arrived carrying veterans (4 from the east, with the remainder from the north and west).

They had just come off a Pullman train and were waiting for their rooms to be made up.

Pullman trains offered more luxurious accommodation than ordinary mainline trains.

By the late 1950s the image of Pullman trains remained luxurious, but the rolling stock was increasingly outdated.

The Pullman company then ceased to exist as a separate legal entity, but Pullman trains continued to be operated.

Acquired in 1985 and joined the British Pullman train in 1990.

British Pullman train comes with a total of 11 carriages which bear testimony to the history and legend that is Orient Express.

British Pullman train is arguably the best way to discover the British countryside.

Stepping out of your front door on to your waiting Pullman dining train for a slap-up meal is an experience not to be missed.

It lacked half an hour of that time when the Pullman train came suddenly to a jolting stop.