Consisting of twelve pages that are half the size of a regular timetable, this timetable uses the same amount of space as the 1961 condensed timetable. Not surprisingly, however, several trains are missing, mostly in the form of reduced frequencies. … Continue reading
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The 1961 condensed timetable is only three-fourths as large as the 1957 edition. All of Rock Island’s train schedules (except Chicago commuter trains) fit on three 4″-by-9″ panels, whereas it took seven in 1957. Click image to download a 2.1-MB … Continue reading
Rock Island’s 1957 system timetable was a respectable 20 pages long. But the condensed version fits into the equivalent of just four pages. One whole page shows Chicago-Colorado, with five trains a day to Peoria, four to Des Moines, two … Continue reading
Here’s the dinner menu Rock Island used at the 1948-1949 Chicago Rail Fair. Dinner was $3, or about $30 in today’s money. Click image to download a 1.2-MB PDF of this menu. Normally aging is believed to be a major … Continue reading
The Rock Island offered lunch and dinner at the Chicago Rail Fair in its replica 1880s diner and modern Golden State Rocket Fiesta diner. Despite the Southwest theme of Rock Island’s exhibit, this menu didn’t have a particularly Southwest flavor. … Continue reading
At first glance, this brochure appears to be a guide to Rock Island’s exhibit at the 1949 Chicago Rail Fair. But actually only one fourth of the brochure is about that exhibit; the 1949 Rail Fair program actually said more … Continue reading
This menu is undated, but the fact that it is for the Golden State Limited tells us that it from before 1947, as the train’s name was changed to just Golden State in that year. The prices on the menu … Continue reading
Whether because of the Depression or because Rock Island marketers wanted to simplify the printing process, this is a brochure rather than a booklet. Though that means less space–approximately the equivalent of 12 pages of the Under the Turquoise Sky … Continue reading
As noted in the description of the 1928 edition of this booklet, Rock Island’s Colorado booklet has morphed over the years from one that is mostly text with some small photos to one that is mostly full-page photos with some … Continue reading
Except for a couple of pages at the back, just about every page of this booklet has a photo. Yet due to smaller type and narrower margins, a typical page of this booklet with a photo has more words than … Continue reading