The Society aims to:

• gather information about, and record details of,  the use of the Pullman name and ideals wherever they are found;

• disseminate this information to the membership through the Society's journal The Golden Way and other publications;

• attend exhibitions and display items of Pullman interest to members of the public;

• hold occasional exhibitions at which the Society's collection of Pullman artifacts can be displayed to the public.

The Society held two exhibitions, at Hendon in September-November 1997, and at Derby Industrial Museum in December 1999-January 2000. It is proposed to hold a further exhibition when a suitable venue is found. The Society was instrumental in the erection of a plaque at Bradford Forster Square station to commemorate the departure in 1874 of the first Pullman service in Great Britain from the original Midland Railway station, which stood on that site.

Many cars survive in preservation, most notably on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express mainline operation, but also on the various preserved railways up and down the country such as the Bluebell Railway, Kent & East Sussex Railway and North Yorkshire Moors Railway, who operate Pullman dining trains. It is these locations which provide the venue for the Society's annual General Meeting to which members are invited to bring along items for display. The day is completed with the traditional dinner within an appropriate Pullman surrounding. The 2009 AGM will take place at Tenterden on 9th May - time and venue to be announced. All Society and prospective members are cordially invited to attend and will be warmly welcomed.

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Former Chairman Charles Long launches "THEODORA" back into service at Tenterden, 21st May 2005
Photo: Alec Hasenson