The Venice Simplon Orient Express company has sought to recreate the ambience of the heyday of Pullman travel prior to World War II by purchasing much of the previous brown-and-cream Pullman stock from preservation trusts or general storage, and after restoration, began operations in April 1982.
In 2008, the Eddie Stobart Group launched, then closed, a Pullman-style railtour company as the Stobart Pullman, operating for a period of just six months.