We’ve seen 1924 and 1928 editions of the Rock Island’s “turquoise sky” booklets about Colorado. This one doesn’t have a clear date, but the cover art is dated 1902 and the booklet cites data from 1900 and 1901, so Rock … Continue reading
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In 1964, Union Pacific proposed to merge with the Rock Island Railroad. This merger seemed like it would gain quick approval as, at the time, the government favored end-to-end mergers rather than mergers of parallel lines such as GN-NP and … Continue reading
This 36-page booklet provided rates and descriptions for Southwest hotels and resorts for the 1949-1950 season. The majority of the hotels listed were in Arizona, with a few from California, New Mexico, El Paso, and Southern Pacific’s Playa de Cortés … Continue reading
In 1936, Rock Island came out with a new edition of The Garden of Allah. While much of the text was similar to that of the 1934 edition, the beautiful Babcock illustrations were replaced with some 40 black-and-white photos. The … Continue reading
In 1934, Rock Island published a second edition of The Garden of Allah. The first half of the booklet was exactly like the 1930 edition, but the second half incorporated the four leaflets that were printed separately as supplements to … Continue reading
This is quite possibly the most beautiful advertising booklet issued by any American railroad. While the illustrations that fill the booklet are almost pure fantasy, anyone who could afford to take the Golden State Limited to Arizona or Southern California … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1928 booklet with this same title. Though the booklets are just four years apart, they are completely different. The 36-page 1928 booklet has just one page of text, whereas half of the 52 pages of the … Continue reading
Rock Island introduced the Budd-built, GMC-powered Rockets in 1937, and this postcard is a variation of one we previously seen. It seems to be older as it only shows one headlight on the TA locomotive while the other one shows … Continue reading
These blotters from the Dale Hastin collection advertise Rock Island trains in the Midwest. The first one advertises trains from the Twin Cities to Des Moines, Kansas City, and St. Louis. Though it is undated, it appears to be from … Continue reading
These blotters from the Dale Hastin collection advertise Rock Island trains to Colorado and California. The first one, which mentions an agent in Cincinnati, encourages people to go to California via Colorado and Yellowstone “all for one low round trip … Continue reading