Here’s an attractive luggage sticker I found at the Minnesota History Center. The colorful sticker uses the NP monad logo to simultaneously show a two-toned green train traveling through Northwest forests and present the railroad’s “Main Street of the Northwest” … Continue reading
As I’ve noted before, when Northern Pacific introduced the streamlined North Coast Limited in 1948, it left it on the same timetable as the previous heavyweight train. That kept it at a severe disadvantage compared with the Empire Builder and … Continue reading
This menu is dated June, 1948, so it was used on the semi-streamlined North Coast Limited, though the menu makes no mention of streamlining or includes advertising of any kind. The back of the elegant orange folder is completely blank. … Continue reading
Where the Empire Builder’s on-board stationery had a bright letterhead on creamy paper, the streamlined North Coast Limited took a more subtle approach. The paper itself was light green, almost transparent, with a rough surface. The logo on the letterhead, … Continue reading
The streamlined North Coast Limited‘s boring interior was matched by an uninspiring exterior paint scheme. While the Milwaukee Hiawatha trains were flamboyantly decorated in maroon and orange, and the Empire Builder was Pullman green and orange, the Northern Pacific elected … Continue reading
Coming in a distant third after the streamlined Empire Builder and Olympian Hiawatha, the Northern Pacific’s streamlined North Coast Limited appeared in stages in 1948 when heavyweight cars were replaced by new streamlined cars as they were delivered by Pullman. … Continue reading
