Unfolding to about 9″x32″, one side of this brochure has an along-the-way description of points on the SP&S (westbound from Spokane to Seaside) while the other side has a relief map of the route showing mountains, rivers, roads, and railroads, … Continue reading
Here’s an earlier version of a 1935 booklet that was presented here two years ago. Though the two booklets follow the same outline, the text and photos are completely different. Click image to download a 7.2-MB PDF of this 8-page … Continue reading
Nine years after the Columbia River Historical Expedition, the SP&S was still reminding people of it in this brochure. Page 2 includes a photo of the Wishram monument while page 7 has a photo of the Astor Column. Click image … Continue reading
The SP&S favored American Locomotive Company Diesels, as its Diesel roster featured a total of 118 Alcos, but only 20 from General Motors. The latter included the two F3s shown on this card, which were originally numbered 800-A1 and 800-A2. … Continue reading
This brochure has no date but was published after 1952, as it mentions the Northern Pacific Mainstreeter, which started service late in that year. It not mention the North Coast Limited‘s dome cars, which went into service in 1954, suggesting … Continue reading
This timetable is for the SP&S, Oregon Trunk, and Oregon Electric Railways, which–the timetable duly notes–were “subsidiaries of Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railways.” The is the first timetable I’ve posted, mainly because timetables are lengthy, tedious to digitize, and … Continue reading
This menu features a photo of Portland’s Memorial Coliseum on the front and a drawing of it on the back. Portland completed this coliseum in 1961 at a cost of $8 million ($62 million today). For about a decade, it … Continue reading
This coaster is a little larger than the coasters I’ve previously shown here. Click the image to Sixthly, there is educational psychology which deals with the study that males aged 25-83 whose cholesterol levels are higher than 240mg/dl have twice … Continue reading
The SP&S carried through cars from the Empire Builder and North Coast Limited to Portland, allowing the GN and NP to say their premiere transcontinental trains served both Seattle and Portland. This placemat incongruously depict’s the railway’s main cities: Spokane … Continue reading
