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Glengsle is the oldest surviving all-steel, all-compartment Pullman sleeping car in existence. The car features two drawing rooms and seven compartments. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers designated it a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 1987.

Glengyle ran on the Atlantic Coast
Line between New York and Florida, a popular route for discriminating first-class travelers. In April 1945, it provided sleeping accommodations for dignitaries and members of the press on Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral train. It ended mainline service on the Southern Railway in the 1950s.

Pullman staffed their sleeping cars almost exclusively with African American males. Known as porters, they assisted riders with their luggage, boarding and detraining the car, making up the beds, serving meals in the rooms, and handling various needs around the train.

The Pullman porters would eventually form into the first Affican American labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. This organization set the stage for a series of civil ights victories leading up to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.