Built by Pullman in 1924 as the Mount Darwin, this car was part of a 10 car order of sleeper and lounge cars intended for general Pullman service. Pullman added a mechanical air conditioning system to the car in 1935. It was never attached to a specific railroad, but it did run on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy’s Exposition Flier in the 1940s.
Pullman sold the car to a private collector in 1964, who in turn sold it to the Bear Creek Mountain Junction in North Carolina. Bear Creek originally painted the car in its current scheme, and named it the Robert E. Lee. The Oregon, Pacific, and Eastern bought the car, repainted it, and sold it to the Museum in 1978.
