Slightly more colorful and nearly twice as long as yesterday’s booklet, this one was actually issued by the U.S. Railroad Administration, which took over the railroads during World War I. The government returned the railroads to their owners in March, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Union Pacific
Congress created the National Park Service the year this booklet was published, but the agency isn’t mentioned in the text, mainly because the U.S. Army continued to manage the park until 1918. This 16-page booklet describes two- to five-day tours … Continue reading
A century ago, railroads sometimes die cut menus and booklets in the shape of products along their routes, such as apples, potatoes, and fish. Here is a 40-page booklet cut in the shape of an orange for the San Pedro, … Continue reading
On a hillside in San Bernardino County is a rocky outcropping in the shape of an Indian arrowhead. Since this was within the sight of passenger trains for the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad for fifteen miles, … Continue reading
While not quite as colorful as Bryce, the Grand Canyon and Zion are both awesome in their own right. These Union Pacific postcards range from about 1928 to the 1950s or 1960s. Click image to download a 156-KB PDF of … Continue reading
From Arches to Zion, I’ve been to most of the major national parks in the West. But after my first visit to Bryce last fall, it is easily my favorite. I took nearly 3,000 photos in two days and didn’t … Continue reading
Today’s postcards feature the Beehive State, and range in dates from the early 1920s to 1955 or 1956. The first card was lithographically printed (dating it to before 1930) and is not railroad issue, but I’m including it as I’ve … Continue reading
These four postcards present scenes from Colorado in three different styles. These styles can help identify the era in which each card was issued. Click image to download a 262-KB PDF of this postcard. First, a card showing a lily … Continue reading
Union Pacific issued lots of postcards, and I’ll be presenting nearly six dozen of them over fourteen (not necessarily consecutive) days. Today, we’ll look at a few cards overtly advertising UP trains and routes. Click image to download a 180-KB … Continue reading
After turning passenger service over to Amtrak, most railroads continued to print fancy menus for board of directors meetings and other special trains. Here are two Union Pacific menus from the 1970s. Click image to download a 1.2-MB PDF of … Continue reading