{"nrhp_refnum":"91000834","name":"Dinwiddie County Pullman Car","other_names":["DHR File No. 20-23"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Hallsboro Yard, NE of jct. of VA 606 and VA 671","address_restricted":false,"city":"Midlothian","county":"Chesterfield County","state":"VA","lat":37.48325741300005,"lon":-77.73594583999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A heavyweight, all-steel Pullman sleeping car with ten sections and an observation lounge, located at Hallsboro Yard on County Line Road near Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Built by the Pullman Company in Chicago and completed 30 October 1926 as the Mount Angeles.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the car is an excellent example of a heavyweight steel sleeping car and a rare survivor, since only two of the thirty cars built to this plan are known to exist. It has high integrity and retains its original furnishings. A later amendment clarifies significance for both transportation history and engineering construction, under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Dinwiddie County is a heavyweight, all-steel Pullman sleeping car kept at Hallsboro Yard near Midlothian, Virginia. Completed in Chicago on 30 October 1926 as the Mount Angeles, it was the first of thirty cars built to a ten-section, one-observation-lounge plan, a departure from Pullman's standard twelve-section, one-drawing-room car. It was renamed in 1934 and again in 1937 when assigned to Norfolk and Western service in Virginia. Changes over time include air-conditioning added in 1937, a vestibule and diaphragm fitted in the 1930s so it could run anywhere in a train, and roller-style lubricator pads installed in 1970. The lounge furniture, made in Pullman's shops, remains original. Only this car and one other of its type are known to survive. The Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society bought it in 1965. It was listed for its place in rail travel history and as a well-preserved example of steel railcar construction.","period_of_significance":"1926-1940","architect_builder":"The Pullman Company","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned privately; the car retains its Edison batteries, generator and original lounge furnishings, and was sold in 1965 to the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.768225-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/6801/41680176/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/91000834.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000834/9254a9e334-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000834/9254a9e334-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dinwiddie_County_Pullman_car_at_Hallsboro_museum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dinwiddie_County_Pullman_car_at_Hallsboro_museum.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680176","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinwiddie_County_Pullman_Car","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712238"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/chesterfield-county/dinwiddie-county-pullman-car-91000834/"}