Northern Pacific introduced this cover to its timetables in 1957. The cover shows the domes but highlights the round-tailed observation car. Like most cars introduced on the train before 1954, these cars were built by Pullman, but in 1954 NP … Continue reading
Vista domes were introduced to the North Coast Limited in the summer of 1954. On July 27, photographer Ron Nixon took photos of a dome which was apparently in Montana for a shakedown run, but the the dome coaches were … Continue reading
On November 15, 1952, Northern Pacific finally speeded up the North Coast Limited to times competitive with the Empire Builder and Olympian Hiawatha. At the same time, it replaced the heavyweight Alaskan with the partially streamlined Mainstreeter. A brochure about … Continue reading
Although the cover calls this the Summer timetable, the back cover notes that it went into effect on April 27, seven months after yesterday’s. Yesterday I noted that the schedule for the Alaskan included a sleeping car between St. Paul … Continue reading
As the cover notes, the North Coast Limited was streamlined, but unlike almost every other streamliner ever introduced, that didn’t save passengers time. Northern Pacific continued to operate it on its pre-streamlined schedule, which meant that it took 58-1/2 hours … Continue reading
Streamliner Memories reader Sam Simons sent images of this Northern Pacific blotter advertising the company as the “Main Street of the Northwest.” Great Northern might have had fewer mountains to cross, but Northern Pacific’s main lines served most of Montana’s … Continue reading
The Lower Geyser Basin, for those who haven’t been to Yellowstone recently, is 16 miles north of Old Faithful, which is in the Upper Geyser Basin. Fountain Paint Pot and the Great Fountain Geyser are two of the sights in … Continue reading
If Old Faithful is the star of Yellowstone National Park, Old Faithful Inn is the star of the park’s infrastructure. Built with funds from the Northern Pacific in 1905, the inn remains an important landmark today. So it is nice … Continue reading
Here are more Northern Pacific poster stamps, labeled series 5. If series 1 and 2 were issued in 1915 and series 3 and 4 in 1916, then this series may have been issued in 1917. I’ve found a series 6 … Continue reading
In the early 1900s, perhaps coinciding with the postcard craze, Cinderella stamps, which looked like postage stamps but couldn’t be used as postage, became popular, with people using them to decorate letters, envelopes, and postcards mailed to friends and relatives. … Continue reading
