Thank you, Montclaire, for starting the thread. I was on the road with a number of Steamtown volunteers on a bus trip to Harrisburg, PA on Wednesday, and this is my first chance to catch up. Good contributions by everyone so far!
During the week that I rode the Nickel Plate Road 765 on the Joliet Rocket train, I also visited the Pullman National Monument in Chicago. This is the current visitor center, which is also the Historic Pullman Society's office. A film and many neat exhibits on the purpose and operation of the Pullman Company, the factories and service by the Pullman porters is available to view here. Pullman was once its own city, and is still a bit of an intact ecosystem.
The Pullman School. The entire section of town provided everything that the workers and their families would need. The Illinois Central Railroad was also nearby. I think another railroad (C&EI?) also served the plant.
The Masonic Hall, in the midst of the row homes and other housing layouts.
The Center of town (Pullman) features this block of four structures forming a circle around a gazebo or performance space of sorts. The arcade adds to the European, perhaps Italianate, look to the town.
This is not a different angle of the same building, but a different building around the "square" of the town.
This is the South Erecting Shop, which was greatly damaged by fire around 25 years ago. I am not certain of it's fate. It may remain a ruin.
The clocktower is also part of the corporate headquarters of the Pullman Company. This is being restored, and will become the new Visitor Center, if all goes according to plan, by 2020.
The Florence Hotel. This is semi-occupied. It is not open as a hotel anymore, but does host the annual dinner of the Historic Pullman Society.
Beautiful architecture around town. Many of the homes are still resided in, but some are in their "pre-restored" condition. It took about an hour to walk around the neighborhood.
I did not research every building, but this stone home must have been important in a neighborhood of brick homes. This may have been home to the Pullman family, but until I research more, I will not say it is for certain.
The only train I was able to shoot in this area was this Norfolk Southern local led by green and black GP33 ECO no. 4706. This is the part I thought might be the C&EI, but I will need to look at the rail lines closer.
