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<\/a><\/p>\nSomehow I manage to find the most unique railroad equipment to model, <\/span>and the Harris Palatial Car Company combine\/parlor\/sleeper Jeannette <\/span>does not get any better than that\u2014oh, what a find! And usually, as luck <\/span>would have it, information about the passenger carriage is not easily <\/span>or readily found. In this case, tidbits of information happened to be <\/span>located all over the place, making it difficult to write a useful paper <\/span>without a lot of work.<\/span><\/p>\n Not only does the word “palatial” describe what was ahead of its time <\/span>in transport luxury, but two factors stopped me in my tracks, making me <\/span>know I had to learn more. Factor number 1 was learning that a 3\/4″ <\/span>scale model was produced before the car went into manufacturing. I’m <\/span>not sure if that was common for the times or if the Harris Company was <\/span>innovating to get ahead of the competition, which would have been <\/span>Pullman. Factor number 2: a palace, as would be expected, was not only <\/span>a gem on the outside, but the craftsmanship inside and its furnishings <\/span>were second to none. And to accommodate this, the internal <\/span>architecture, as described, indicated that sleeping berths were somehow<\/span> built into or below floor level. It’s hard to imagine, knowing that <\/span>construction of those period cars were mostly wood and cast iron, not<\/span> steel with long tie rods, but those ideas were probably why Harris was <\/span>awarded patents.<\/span><\/p>\n It does seem odd that those patents were obtained in Canada. The likely<\/span> reason being that it was cheaper and quicker than the application <\/span>process at the US Patent Office, and a patent would give some <\/span>legitimacy to a young company.<\/span><\/p>\n The research is far from complete, and thus I am asking for any <\/span>volunteers who might want to contribute to the analysis and <\/span>organization of the facts gathered so far. Or, if anyone knows of other<\/span> resources\u2014photographs, negatives, or old postcards that might yield<\/span> more information about the history of this car\u2014please reach out. Below <\/span>are the links to the 1st Draft of researched information in PDF format <\/span>and two PDF files that is the analysis done by Claude. There are many open <\/span>questions or theories, timelines, and events whereby another set of <\/span>eyes and sharp thinking could develop a pretty good record about this <\/span>unique car called Jeannette. The technology is also requiring more <\/span>analysis because it might surprise modern-day modelers that this car <\/span>ran on paper wheels. One must remember that in the 1800s, one would not<\/span> have found a totally vertically integrated factory. Thus, given the <\/span>location\u2014from Boston to Maine\u2014many trades and specialty craftsmen would<\/span> have been contributing to the construction of the car. And, because of <\/span>the Panic of 1893, the economy was in rough shape, which may have <\/span>delayed construction. So I also find the people involved at the time to<\/span> be as interesting as the car itself.<\/span><\/p>\n Feel free to comment on the YouTube video or email me (jwubbel@allnationline.com) for further <\/span>discussions.<\/span><\/p>\n Review the PDF “1st DRAFT Research Data On Jeannette” – Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Review the PDF “Jeannette Analysis” – Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Review the PDF “Denham Model Maker Theory” – Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n