The territory covered by this booklet overlaps with yesterday’s, as the area identified as “Scott’s Country” on the map on page 11 includes Edinburgh and the Scottish lowlands. The area identified as “Burns Country” includes Glasgow and the highlands. Click … Continue reading
This British Railways booklet is in the same series as yesterday’s, and like yesterday’s is dated 1950. It covers the Scottish lowlands, which is basically Scotland south of Edinburgh. The cover says “Edinburgh,” but most of the booklet is about … Continue reading
In 1950, just two years after taking over most of Britain’s private railways, British Railways issued a series of booklets encouraging people to ride trains to vacation spots in Britain. This one is for hills and moorlands west of London, … Continue reading
I acquired this booklet when I was thinking about Vilma and Helen Hruska’s voyage from Canada to Greenock, Scotland. After arriving in Greenock, they must have taken a train to London via Glasgow, possibly on the London & North Eastern … Continue reading
This beautiful little booklet was written in 1950 to inform Japanese children about trains in America. I haven’t previously posted it because I can’t read Japanese, but fortunately Streamliner Memories reader Akira Urushibata graciously translated it for us. The booklet’s … Continue reading
In the 1950s, Italian stylists were capturing worldwide attention with their designs, and the train on the cover of this booklet is one of the results. Called the ETR (for electric train rapid) 300 and nicknamed the Settebello, or Beautiful … Continue reading
In competition the London Midland & Scottish Railway’s Royal Scot between London and Glasgow, the London & North Eastern offered the Flying Scotsman. Written for Americans thinking of touring England and Scotland, this booklet has a five-page forward introducing British … Continue reading
People today generally view competition as a good thing, but a century ago businessmen usually preceded the word “competition” with “ruinous,” as too much competition prevented corporations from earning profits. At that time, Britain had more than 100 railway companies, … Continue reading
In 1964, Japan amazed the world by introducing the bullet trains, or Shinkansen, between Tokyo and Osaka, possibly the busiest rail corridor in the world. By today’s standards, these trains weren’t high-speed rail (which is commonly defined as 150 miles … Continue reading
The London & North Eastern Railway was the result of a government-mandated 1921 merger of the Great Northern, Great Eastern, North Eastern, and four other railways. Among its famous trains were the Flying Scotsman. This menu doesn’t identify what train … Continue reading
