Yesterday I ranted about the poorly chosen photo on the cover of Canadian National’s summer 1963 timetable. This one is even worse, as it advertises a fare plan, not the trains. Because the first thing you want people to think … Continue reading
After publishing an 80-page (plus covers) timetable for many years, CN shrank the booklet by 16 pages starting with the April, 1961 edition. I count 123 separate tables in the 1960 edition but only 98 tables in this one. About … Continue reading
This is the last of the menus I have from National Railway Historical Society trips on the CN. This trip from Fort Erie to Toronto and return took place on May 20, 1962. It’s hard to tell from the PDFs, … Continue reading
Here is the Washington, DC version of CN’s tours booklets from 1961. In addition to the very different cover, it is four pages longer than the New York edition and offers 15 tours instead of just eight. Click image to … Continue reading
While most western railroads had tour booklets that described tours starting from one city, usually Chicago, Canadian National went to the trouble of having separate tour booklets for tours starting in at least four different cities. This one is for … Continue reading
This system timetable is 80 pages long, plus the covers, the same as the 1956 edition. This is the last to show a train in CN’s green-and-black paint scheme, as the black-and-white paint scheme was introduced in 1961 and was … Continue reading
Canadian National’s 1960 map is lavishly illustrated with 34 full-color photos on the side opposite the map. At 34″x22″, this is a little larger than previous CN maps, which were about 32″x18-1/2″. Click image to download an 11.4-MB PDF of … Continue reading
This menu featuring the SuperContinental on its cover may have been intended for use on a National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) trip in 1959. The inside offers table d’hôte meals of salmon, baked chicken, and prime rib for $3.25 each … Continue reading
Here’s a dinner menu from the same rail fan trip that was served by yesterday’s breakfast menu. This menu uses a much more picturesque photo on the cover. Central British Columbia’s Cariboo District, incidentally, is named for the Cariboo Mountains … Continue reading
The National Railway Historical Society took a trip from Toronto to Niagara Falls on August 31, 1958, and this breakfast menu was used on the trip. For $1.95 (about $16.50 in today’s money), passengers could get ham or bacon and … Continue reading
