Just as Canadian Pacific advertised its trains on the covers of some of its steamship menus, this menu advertises CP steamships on the cover of a menu used on the Mountaineer. The menu is undated, but it calls Honolulu a … Continue reading
The front cover of this booklet provides an early example of four-color photo printing in a railroad publication. The back cover also uses four colors but to print illustrations rather than photos. Inside, the photos are all black and white, … Continue reading
King Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered in 1922 but not fully excavated until 1930. It caused a sensation that had not diminished by 1931, when Canadian Pacific issued this menu for use on the Mountaineer. The back of the menu advertises … Continue reading
Here are a couple of railroad-issued postcards featuring the Canadian. The first has the familiar painting by Chesley Bonestell. CP used this painting in magazine ads, on menu covers, and in brochures. Click image to download a 123-KB PDF of … Continue reading
This is a peculiar menu. First, it is 12 pages long, with eight pages (two sheets of paper) stitched into the cover, yet half of the pages are blank or nearly blank. Second, it is printed in both English and … Continue reading
Although this timetable has 8 fewer pages than the 1967 edition, growing amounts of white space testify to the rapid decline of passenger trains. The timetable, for example, devotes three entire pages to just the Canadian’s slow journey from Montreal … Continue reading
In the early 1960s, Canadian National began offering a “red, white, and blue” fare plan in which the lowest (red) fares were on Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays with higher (white) fares on Fridays and Sundays and the highest (blue) … Continue reading
The 1967 timetable has the same number of pages as the one five years before, but the centerfold map is greatly simplified, with the disappearance of most branch lines as well as the Crowsnest route. Inside, the dome-car equipped Dominion … Continue reading
Despite the cover, this menu was not used in le Chateau Champlain but on board a Canadian Pacific dining car. The menu is marked “1-2, 5-6,” which refers to the Canadian and the Expo Limited, a second transcontinental train (since … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific’s 1963 timetable had the same painting on its cover as the 1961 and 1962 editions. However, the winter 1962-63 timetable showed the Canadian on Stoney Creek Bridge, so they weren’t as repetitive as it might seem. Click image … Continue reading
