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Push-pull pioneer

By Angela Cotey | December 11, 2020

| Last updated on August 8, 2025


rendering of a push-pull commuter car

In the mid-1950s, Chicago & North Western and Pullman-Standard collaborated on the first fleet of push-pull commuter cars in North America. First used on C&NW’s Chicago suburban lines, the concept has spread throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Photo by Pullman-Standard

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