This calendar, whose scans were contributed by the same Streamliner Memories reader who provided the Frisco calendars last July, measures about 8-1/4″ by 10-3/4″, perhaps slightly cut down from 8-1/2″ by 11″ stock. The choice of green ink on eye-searing … Continue reading
This 24-page booklet is undated, but it refers to the “new” San Antonio Coliseum. Since the coliseum opened in October, 1949, I’m guessing the booklet was issued in 1950, when the population of San Antonio’s urban area was about 450,000, … Continue reading
As previously noted, the Katy’s main line went from Kansas City to Texas cities, with a meandering branch to St. Louis. In 1938, Katy had two daily trains, the Katy Limited and Katy Flyer, between Kansas City and San Antonio, … Continue reading
The Katy advertised the streamlined Texas Special with this blotter. Since the train was inaugurated in 1948, the blotter is probably from about that year. Click image to download a PDF of this blotter. In a rare example of coordination, … Continue reading
The mainline of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas or Katy railroad went from Omaha and Kansas City to Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston. Although it also had a branch to St. Louis, the portion from St. Louis to Oklahoma was circuitous and slow. … Continue reading
Oklahoma wasn’t part of the name of the MKT or Katy Railroad, but it had to go through Oklahoma to get from Kansas to Texas. Although the railroad’s herald was officially red and black, the company saved a little money … Continue reading
