Pullman Troop Sleeper program at Railroad Museum

The Nevada State Railroad Museum will host railroad historian John Ryczkowski for a presentation on Pullman Troop Sleepers in the West during World War II at 7 p.m. Sept. 14. Regular museum admission applies.

According to Ryczkowski, the Pullman-Standard car-building company designed the Troop Sleeper, a 50-foot boxcar equipped with berths for 29 soldiers and a Pullman Porter, to meet railroad needs for more capacity for troop movements during World War II.

A total of 2,400 of these cars were built, and one of them is preserved at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California.

Ryczkowski, a long-time member of the Feather River Rail Society, which operates the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, is retired from a career with the Reno Fire Department.

The museum is on South Carson Street at the Fairview Drive intersection. For more information, call 687-4942.