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More Western Pacific Menus

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Train Lover
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These menus are from the California Railroad Museum, which posted them at archive.org as individual pages. All I’ve done is assemble them into PDFs. Those that are dated range from 1915 to 1927, but some probably fall outside that range. … Continue reading →

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Western Pacific Cable Car Menu

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Train Lover
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I’ve shown this menu cover before in a post about the Exposition Flyer. But that was a low-resolution scan taken from another web site. This one is higher resolution and, unlike the other menu, it was never used so it … Continue reading →

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Western Pacific 1938 Breakfast Menu

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Train Lover
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The back cover of this menu describes the lands between Salt Lake City and the Sierra Nevada as “the Western Garden of Allah.” Whether this was inspired by the Rock Island Railroad’s Garden of Allah book, or the 1936 movie … Continue reading →

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California Zephyr 1965 Timetable

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Train Lover
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Here’s the 1965 edition of yesterday’s timetable. Except for the cover date, six of the eight pages in the two timetables are identical in almost every respect. The page listing Western Pacific agents is different as some of the agent … Continue reading →

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California Zephyr 1964 Timetable

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Train Lover
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Of the three railroads that shared the California Zephyr, Western Pacific was the only one that, after 1960, published a timetable exclusively for that train. This was for the very good reason that, while both Burlington and Rio Grande operated … Continue reading →

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Western Pacific 1959 Timetable

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Train Lover
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Western Pacific didn’t have a lot of branch lines, and didn’t run passenger trains on any of them after World War II. So it’s main train before 1949 was the Exposition Flyer and after 1949 the California Zephyr. But it … Continue reading →

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1941 Exposition Flyer

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Train Lover
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The Golden Gate Exposition ended in 1940, but the Burlington-Rio Grande-Western Pacific train named after it was so successful that the railroads kept it going. This attractive train booklet creatively uses just three colors of ink–blue, orange, and black–on most … Continue reading →

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Western Pacific 1929 Timetable

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Train Lover
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In 1929, Western Pacific–which was built by Jay Gould’s son, George Gould, as the western link in his Missouri Pacific-Rio Grande-Western Pacific transcontinental route–was no longer financially connected with the Rio Grande or Missouri Pacific, but it was still dependent … Continue reading →

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1916 Panoramic Views

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Train Lover
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We’ve seen an edition of this brochure from the late 1930s and one from about 1950. Here’s a version from around 1916 that features not only the Rio Grande but Western Pacific’s Feather River route. The brochure’s map is dated … Continue reading →

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Western Pacific Ticket Envelope

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Train Lover
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Instead of a folder with a pocket, Western Pacific ticket envelopes were real commercial envelopes. The size is somewhat unusual: 3-1/2″ x 7-1/2″. The closest I can find for sale today is 3-7/8″ x 7-1/2″, the so-called Monarch envelope. WP … Continue reading →

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