Burlington’s 1947 timetable featured a steam locomotive and a shovel-nosed Diesel on the cover. Three-and-a-half years later, the timetable has a shovel-nose and an E5 on the cover. Soon both sides would be E5s; I don’t believe there was a … Continue reading
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The Nebraska state capitol is unusual in that, instead of having a traditional large dome, it has a tower with a small dome on top. The Louisiana state capitol was modeled after Nebraska’s, but without a dome on top. Other … Continue reading
The Burlington liked this image so well it used it on postcards, the Twin Zephyrs along-the-way booklet, and many other places. The back cover includes several paragraphs on Mississippi River scenery illustrated by a couple of muddy pictures of what … Continue reading
This is a post-war update of a 1936 brochure that was issued when the train was new. The 1936 edition was a fold-out brochure with a total of 18 panels while this is a stapled booklet with 16 pages about … Continue reading
This eight-panel brochure summarizes the premiere tourist destinations reachable on the Burlington and its partner railroads. The Colorado Rockies, Glacier, and Yellowstone each get a full panel. The Black Hills, California, Pacific Northwest, and dude ranches each get half a … Continue reading
Burlington’s pre-war dude ranch booklet focused on ranches around Cody, Wyoming. This one not only lists 50 ranches in that area (twice as many as the 1931 booklet), it also includes more than 30 ranches in Colorado, more than a … Continue reading
Here’s a menu cover with a beautiful photo of two riders in front of what is probably Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Unfortunately, the menu is blank, but I’ve seen other menus with this cover dated 1946, so … Continue reading
From Wagon Wheels to Stainless Steel provided a history and along-the-way guide to the Burlington’s Chicago-Denver corridor. This similarly titled booklet does the same for the railroad’s Kansas City-Omaha-Lincoln route. Both of these booklets were printed in 1945. Click image … Continue reading
When the Twin Zephyrs began operating in 1936, they took 6-1/2 hours between Chicago and St. Paul, for an average speed of 66 mph. In 1940, however, the Burlington speeded up the westbound Morning Zephyr to just 6 hours, for … Continue reading
The Mt. Rushmore memorial was still under construction when the photographs for this booklet were taken. The faces of Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln were done, but the sculptor had barely begun Roosevelt’s face. He completed it before he died in … Continue reading