This is the General Motors builder’s card for the Great Northern E-7s built to haul the 1947 streamlined Empire Builder. GM delivered 13 of these locomotives to the GN starting in 1945. The painting on the card is by GM … Continue reading
As I noted in my concluding post about the Upper Missouri Historical Expedition, Agnes Laut wrote this book after the expedition recording most of the events and many of the speeches and lectures. The book is illustrated with 21 photos … Continue reading
Eleven years have passed since the Great Northern issued yesterday’s photo booklet of Glacier Park, and what a difference a decade makes. In contrast to the clear but colorless photos in the 1938 publication, the photos in this 1949 booklet … Continue reading
This booklet is full of enticing photos of Glacier National Park. There are only two photos of the Empire Builder and one of the station at East Glacier, all on page 2. The rest show scenes tourists in 1938 were … Continue reading
It’s 1947, and the newly streamlined Empire Builder no longer stops at Glacier Park on its 45-hour journey across the Northwest. Instead, the revived Oriental Limited is the train to use by passengers wanting to visit the park. The S-2 … Continue reading
In 1928, the Spokane Chamber of Commerce and Spokane Merchant’s Association sponsored a “good-will tour of Montana” for Spokane business men. The tour left Spokane on July 23 on the Oriental Limited, arriving the next morning in Kalispell, where the … Continue reading
This 32-page brochure is in pristine condition, especially considering it is around 80 years old. It is undated, but there are several clues about the date it was published. Click image to download a 17.4-MB PDF of this 32-page brochure. … Continue reading
The Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Burlington railways jointly published this travel booklet in 1925. Focused on the Northwest, the centerfold map features the three railroads’ routes across Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Naturally, the SP&S route is also … Continue reading
In 1911, the year after Congress created Glacier National Park, Great Northern invited eight reporters to go on a tour of the park along with an artist and a “travelogue lecturer.” Four of the reporters were from Chicago, three from … Continue reading
Although issued by the Great Northern, this brochure was aimed at California tourists and the four suggested tours would involve almost as much travel on the Southern Pacific and, in two cases, Canadian railroads as the Great Northern. Tour #2, … Continue reading
