What is the Judge Milton Brown Pullman Car?
      It was personally commissiond and named by I.B. Tigrett in 1948. The Judge Milton Brown Pullman car was completed at a cost of $148,000 and was delivered in August of 1950. "The Judge" was the last new passenger car dedicated to the GM&O railroad. It is one of only four cars made of this model. The others were the Samuel King Tigrett (presently owned by Isaac Tigrett), the Culver White and the Timothy B. Blackstone. "The Judge" was built to run from Chicago to Mobile and did so until 1958. It continued limited service between Chicago and St. Louis until 1969.

Who was Judge Milton Brown?
      Judge Milton Brown was a prominent lawyer, teacher and United States Representative who lived from 1804 to 1884. His final resting place is Riverside Cemetery in Jackson, Tennessee. He was the president of the Mississippi Central & Tennessee Railroad Co. (1854-1856) and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad from (1857-1871). While serving as president of M&O, his promotional efforts brought the first railroad to Madison County in 1858. Judge Milton Brown was also involved in the founding of Southwestern University (later Union University), Lambuth University, and Vanderbilt University.