Dated March, 1940, this 32-page booklet has fourteen color photos and more than 80 black-and-white photos of Glacier Park, its hotels and chalets, trails, and other things to do and see in the park. The booklet is also decorated with … Continue reading
Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit are given top billing as eastern cities you will want to visit after taking your trip across the West on the Empire Builder. Also mentioned are Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Niagara Falls, and–almost as an afterthought (but more … Continue reading
Here’s another mystery brochure about the Empire Builder, the mystery being when it was published. Unusual for pre-war Great Northern brochures, both the front and back covers have color photos (actually, colorized versions of black-and-white photos–a black-and-white version of the … Continue reading
Here’s what appears to be another prewar blotter advertising Great Northern’s premiere train. Where the last one had contact information for agents in Seattle and Vancouver, this one is for Fargo. Did they have separate blotters for every city on … Continue reading
The train portrayed on the front of this ticket envelope looks like the Empire Builder between 1955, when the dome cars were added to the train, and 1962, when GN simplified the locomotive color scheme by deleting the bottom orange … Continue reading
This colorful envelope features the full-length dome of the late-1950s Empire Builder. Someone apparently used this for a round-trip from Spokane to Chicago. Click image to download a PDF of this ticket envelope. Traveling in October, 1959, the round-trip fare … Continue reading
I acquired these decals ages ago from one of the most reputable rail memorabilia dealers in the country, so I know they are authentic. But what were they used for? At three inches in diameter each, they are about the … Continue reading
This isn’t actually railroad memorabilia, but most Great Northern rail fans, and many art connoisseurs, will agree that they can’t get enough of Winold Reiss’ work. Shortly after Reiss died in 1953, Walter Foster–publisher of a successful series of “how-to-draw” … Continue reading
This booklet is undated and I can’t find anything that conclusively pins it to 1928. It does contain several references to 1927, including a description of Charles Lindberg’s flight over Glacier in that year, so the booklet was clearly published … Continue reading
Call of the Mountains is an early Great Northern entry into the escorted tour book genre. Its 40 pages include lengthy statements by two famous writers, six beautiful color paintings and a color centerfold relief map, and numerous black-and-white photos … Continue reading
