From the mid-1920s through the mid-1950s, Union Pacific published little booklets like this one advertising many of its named trains. This is the first one I’ve obtained for the Overland Limited, one of its two most exclusive (meaning all-Pullman) trains. … Continue reading
Today, we have a real treat: a romantic novel (or, really, short story) written to promote Union Pacific’s Los Angeles Limited. We’ve previously seen an 1889 brochure that told a fictional story of a romance in wonderland to advertise Northern … Continue reading
Santa Fe’s introduction of the Chief in 1926 led Union Pacific and Rock Island-Southern Pacific to match the Santa Fe train’s 63-hour schedules as well as its extra fares of as much as $10. They also met Santa Fe’s reduction … Continue reading
In late 1905, a new competitor entered the market for premium Chicago-Los Angeles trains: the Los Angeles Limited. This route was made possible when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad completed its line between Salt Lake City … Continue reading
I don’t normally try to indicate the values or rarity of items presented here, but this particular menu must be rare because it was only issued to publicize a movie, the Duchess of Idaho, which was released by MGM in … Continue reading
We’ve seen these covers before, but this collection of three menus shows how Union Pacific treated passengers aboard the railroad’s one-time premiere train in its waning years. The breakfast and lunch menus used the train’s poppy menu cover that was … Continue reading
Each of the sheets from this note pad advertise different Union Pacific trains. The three trains advertised on these sheets all continued to operate at least until 1954. However, the Union Pacific Overland logo indicates that these pads were printed … Continue reading
This booklet is the same size as the ones shown in the last two days. In the mid-1930s, Union Pacific offered two types of premiere trains: daily heavyweights such as the Los Angeles Limited and Portland Rose and (usually) less-than-daily … Continue reading
This menu was on my 2015 missing menus list. In fact, judging from some cover stains (which I Photoshopped out for the PDF), this appears to be the very same menu I saw on ebay in 2014. Union Pacific must … Continue reading
This Art Nouveau menu offers “luncheon” on the Los Angeles Limited, Union Pacific’s then-premiere train. The left side of the menu is a la carte, while the right side lists beverages. This is similar to other Los Angeles Limited dinner … Continue reading
