Today, we have a real treat: a romantic novel (or, really, short story) written to promote Union Pacific’s Los Angeles Limited. We’ve previously seen an 1889 brochure that told a fictional story of a romance in wonderland to advertise Northern … Continue reading
Today is the twelfth anniversary of Streamliner Memories, and I’ve often used this date to show Union Pacific menus that I’ve collected in the past year. As it happens, I haven’t found a previously unseen UP color photo menu in … Continue reading
We’ve seen pocket timetables such as this one used for commuter trains or in corridors that have several trains a day. Santa Fe also issued timetable cards for individual trains. This is the first time I’ve seen a pocket timetable … Continue reading
In 1957, Palm Springs was served twice daily by the Golden State and Imperial. Both of these were Southern Pacific trains, yet this brochure claims that the resort area was “served by Union Pacific Railroad.” Putting it mildly, that’s a … Continue reading
Yesterday’s brochure featured giant Boulder Dam; today’s features giant Hoover Dam. Of course, they are both the same dam; the name simply depended on whether the Democrats or Republicans were in control of Congress. Of the two, Hoover was probably … Continue reading
This 1951 brochure contains gorgeous color photographs of scenery and drab black-and-white photographs of the interiors of UP passenger trains. I can’t help but think this did not show the railroad at its best. Click image to download a 2.2-MB … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1949 UP calendar, but that copy was missing the page showing the December 1948 and 1949 full-year calendars. Also, when I wrote about that calendar, I was under the mistaken impression that UP changed the size … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a condensed version of this timetable, but Tim Zukas has kindly made a full version available. In 1947, as an ad on page 1 (the page after the inside front cover) observes, Union Pacific began offering daily … Continue reading
The M-10002, as discussed yesterday, would continue to operate between Portland and Seattle until March 1943, making its last Seattle-Portland run on March 13, after which it would be retired. But it was still going strong in this 1942 timetable. … Continue reading
Until the creation of Amtrak, the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Union Pacific “pooled” their passenger trains between Portland and Seattle. The trains were run mostly on tracks built by Northern Pacific but under some form of joint ownership. For … Continue reading
