The vista-dome North Coast Limited was at the height of its glory in 1957, with four domes, the Traveller’s Rest car, and a parabola-tailed observation car as illustrated on the cover of this timetable. We’ve already seen this cover on … Continue reading
This beautiful menu is very large–11.7″x14″ when folded–and features a painting of the four-domed North Coast Limited commissioned by the Budd Company when it built the domes for the NP. Although it doesn’t look exactly the same as the Gustav … Continue reading
Most railroad maps like this have the map on one side and advertising on the other. NP instead printed an 8″x9″ cover and a 17″x31″ map that is folded and glued to the inside of the cover. Since the backs … Continue reading
This is the 1956 version of yesterday’s 1952 along-the-way booklet. Some of the photos were updated, partly to show of the North Coast Limited‘s new color scheme, but most of the text is the same. Click image to download a … Continue reading
This 1952 booklet is from the collection of Gerald McGinley, who generously scanned it for us. Starting in St. Paul, it describes cities and other major sites on the way to Seattle and Portland, along with the line to Duluth. … Continue reading
The front cover of this menu features a photo of Mt. Hood taken from the plaza of Timberline Lodge. It’s a little odd that they didn’t include the impressive-looking lodge itself in the photo, but it is possible that they … Continue reading
Although this pre-war booklet has a nice four-color photo on the cover, all of the interior photos are black-and-white. Despite the lack of color inside (other than some yellow trim), the booklet is a good balance between showing the sights … Continue reading
This menu is undated, but I’ve seen another one of this style on which someone wrote “1942.” However, I suspect this one is from before the war as it doesn’t have any patriotic declarations inside, such as those found in … Continue reading
This little booklet advertising the North Coast Limited also served as a business card for Northern Pacific’s passenger agent in Detroit, Michigan. New equipment from Pullman that was put into service on May 14, 1930 (previously featured here and here) … Continue reading
This menu dates from before 1909, when NP began selling its Great Big Baked Potato. Other than the fact there are no giant spuds on this menu, there’s not much to date it except for prices. Update: This menu is … Continue reading
