The Democrats were in power in 1940, so the dam on the Colorado River was still called Boulder Dam. By 1952, it would be called Hoover Dam again, a name given it in 1930 to honor the U.S. president who … Continue reading
Category Archives: Union Pacific
Possibly prompted by the introduction of the first streamlined trains, in 1935 Union Pacific began a new series of menus that replaced the art nouveau borders of its earlier menus with a clean white background set off by blue pinstripes. … Continue reading
Bryce Canyon is one of my favorite national parks because it has a seemingly unlimited range of incredible views. So it seems strange that, when Union Pacific decided to put a natural color photo of Bryce on the cover of … Continue reading
The image of the Great White Throne on the cover of this menu is from almost exactly the same location as earlier menus in the art nouveau series. But the previous images were hand-colored versions of black-and-white photos, while this … Continue reading
The Union Pacific traveled to lots of incredible sights, many of which were illustrated on this series of menus, including Bryce, Grand Canyon, the Mormon Temple, Mt. Rainer, Multnomah Falls, Old Faithful, Yosemite Falls, and Zion. Ogden Canyon, while scenic, … Continue reading
We’ve seen that the Union Pacific had hand-colored menus showing two slightly different views of the same scene in Bryce Canyon National Park. This menu shows that it also had menus in this series–which I call the art nouveau series … 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