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We’ve previously seen a 1957 version of this booklet. This one has 12 pages while the 1957 edition had 16. Pretty much all of the pages in this one, except the cover, are also in the 1957 edition, with slight … Continue reading
Category Archives: California Zephyr
This 16-page brochure has two Bruce Bomberger paintings on the cover plus 19 color and seven black-and-white photos inside. Both the paintings and many of the photos are familiar from other advertising. Click image to download an 11.3-MB PDF of … Continue reading
These cards are blank on the back, so aren’t meant to be used postally. But they are the same dimensions as a standard postcard. Click image to download a PDF of this card. The Texas Zephyr tells passengers they can … Continue reading
In the late 1960s, the California Zephyr was one of the best-patronized long-distance trains in America. But it still lost money for the Western Pacific, which was a marginal railroad to begin with. So WP petitioned to discontinue the train … Continue reading
If yesterday’s timetable was one of the first ones issued for the California Zephyr, this one was the last one. Curiously, while yesterday’s has the logos of all three partner railroads, this one is just from the Western Pacific, the … Continue reading
The California Zephyr began operating in 1949, so this timetable, which went into effect on March 1, 1950, is one of the earliest ones produced for the train. In addition to departure times from all 30 or so cities along … Continue reading
Dated October, 1949, just seven months after the California Zephyr‘s inaugural run, this must be one of the first editions of this brochure that was given to passengers in various forms over the years. Most of the illustrations of the … Continue reading
Here’s a companion to yesterday’s menu, with the same date but featuring a photo of the train in the Colorado Rockies instead of the Feather River Canyon. Unfortunately, I had this menu in a frame for many years and some … Continue reading
From the mid-50s through the mid-60s, California Zephyr menus were pretty plain, but in the late ’60s the railroads began featuring photos of the train itself on brilliant yellow covers. This menu, dated October, 1969, spotlights the Cal Zephyr on … Continue reading
Although dated just nine months after yesterday’s menu, and printed on the same card stock, this menu is greatly abbreviated. It offers just three combinations: cereal or waffle with juice, bread, and beverage or just the juice, bread and beverage. … Continue reading