Several editions of this booklet are available on archive.org. The earliest one there is dated 1906 and it is completely different from this 1913 edition. The 1907 edition, however, has much of the same text as this one, though they … Continue reading
This, the ninth in the same series of booklets described in yesterday’s post, discusses the mineral wealth of the Pacific Northwest. Nowadays, “Pacific Northwest” is used to refer to Oregon and Washington; but the railways that published this booklet expanded … Continue reading
The introduction to this 1924 booklet, which I scanned from the Spokane Public Library collection, notes that it is the eighth of the series of pamphlets published by the Burlington Route, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific railways “as part of … Continue reading
By 1966, this timetable had shrunk from the equivalent of six pages in the 1962 edition to just four pages. All of the trains still operated; the difference was fewer connecting bus schedules and the equipment of trains was tucked … Continue reading
By 1962, Great Northern had given up on an overnight train from Portland to Seattle, and its northbound train left Portland at 1:30 pm, leaving the late-afternoon departure to the Northern Pacific (whose train also left in the late afternoon … Continue reading
In addition to covering the Great Northern-Northern Pacific-Union Pacific pool trains between Portland and Seattle, this timetable unfolds to the equivalent of six pages to also show the Great Northern Internationals between Seattle and Vancouver. While the Internationals were run … Continue reading
In the streamlined era, the route between Portland and Seattle was served by three trains per day, one operated by Great Northern, one by Northern Pacific, and one by Union Pacific. To avoid duplication, the three railroads agreed to pool … Continue reading
This simple beverage menu was used in a North Coast Limited lounge car, meaning either the Traveller’s Rest car or the “lounge in the sky” vista-dome sleeper that replaced the observation car after that car was removed from the train … Continue reading
This is a pretty complete lunch menu for the mid-1960s. All it is missing is the nice cover with the menu inside; instead, it is just a card with the table d’hôte printed on one side and a la carte … Continue reading
This 1956 brochure uses NP’s typical black-and-white photos with red trim format to advertise the lounge car on NP’s Mainstreamer. This had been the coffee shop-lounge car on the 1948 North Coast Limited. The only decoration in that original car … Continue reading
