In addition to blotters, GN sent out brochures such as this one (which I found at the Minnesota History Center) inviting people to compare the railway’s new Oriental Limited with a vintage 1861 train consisting of the William Crooks, two … Continue reading
When Great Northern introduced its all-steel Oriental Limited in 1924, it sent one of the train sets on an exhibition tour together with the William Crooks and passenger cars that were its contemporaries. This blotter, which is similar to ones … Continue reading
“The Great Northern will shortly make an announcement of extreme importance to ticket agents throughout the country,” says this card, which was mailed out to agents in late 1923 or early 1924. “Be on the lookout for it!” Click image … Continue reading
Here’s a lunch menu that was used on the 1923 Chairman’s Special Western Trip. This menu features a painting of wildflowers by Walter Loos. Another of his paintings was used on a 1924 menu previously featured here. A third Loos … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s, this menu card was used on the Chairman’s Special Western Trip and is specifically for breakfast on Saturday, October 13. The menu offers fruit, cereal, eggs, sausage, griddle cakes, hash brown potatoes, bread, and beverage. Click image to … Continue reading
In 1923, Ralph Budd was president but Louis Hill was still chairman of the board of the Great Northern Railway. This menu is from a Chairman’s Special Western Trip taken that year and is for dinner on Friday, October 12. … Continue reading
The Santa Fe had a branch line that went directly to the rim of the Grand Canyon and Northern Pacific and Union Pacific both had branch lines that went to the border of Yellowstone. But only one national park was … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen east- and westbound versions of this guide from 1950 and a westbound one from 1949. Today’s is an eastbound one from 1949. The text of the 1949 and 1950 editions are similar but Great Northern’s conception of … Continue reading
Ostensibly published by the Franco-American Branch of the American Good Will Association, this booklet promotes the 1926 Columbia River Historical Expedition. The booklet claims the trip was “being organized under the leadership of” the governors of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, … Continue reading
The David Rumsey Collection dates this brochure to 1910, the year Glacier Park was created. But it is clearly from after that as the map shows all of Great Northern’s Glacier Park hotels, several of which were first opened in … Continue reading
