Trivia: The first “sleeping car” was named for which President’s hometown?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
The correct answer is Abraham Lincoln
So why is this answer correct? : Engineer and industrialist George Pullman was the first to develop a commercially viable “sleeping car,” and he introduced two models in 1863. One was called “Pioneer,” and the other was called “Springfield,” named after President Abraham Lincoln’s hometown. The trains were used for Lincoln’s funeral, transporting his casket across the country, and the newspaper coverage of the luxurious cars led to an explosion in demand.