Park ’n’ Ride adds Pullman history display
BUTLER TWP — Riders of the commuter service to and from the Pullman Center Business Park now can wait for the bus among a “museum” of memorabilia and photos from Pullman-Standard Freight Car Company.
When Butler Transit Authority board member Jim Diamond heard the authority was putting an addition on to its main facility at the former site of Pullman Standard, the former engineer for the defunct industrial manufacturing company asked other ex-employees for remnants of their work.
Many of them responded, and now the new waiting area has employee photos, overhead shots of the manufacturing plant, model rail cars and engine parts on display.
“Everybody had some of their old stuff in their basements,” Diamond said. “What we were going for is no one has a clue now about what Pullman was. I think it’s great to have this here now.”
The Butler Transit Authority unveiled the new waiting area, as well as the rest of its new addition, Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting and open house.
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