High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! As Americans made their way across the country to the West aided by the railroads, some Christian religious denominations saw this as an opportunity to expand their mission services to those living in these areas. The Baptist, Episcopal and Roman Catholic faiths used specially fitted railroad cars called chapel cars, to provide religious services and information via these special cars from the 1890s to the 1930s. The cars were designed to provide both a place for religious services and as living quarters for the missionary pastors. The fronts of the cars were fitted out as churches on wheels with altars, pews, and in some cases, stained glass windows. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и в информационном сетевом ресурсе "Википедия" в частности. Собранная по частотным запросам указанной тематики, данная компиляция построена по принципу подбора близких информационных...