Burlington’s Zephyr was introduced at the 1934 Century of Progress Fair in Chicago, but that fair actually began in 1933. These postcards show some of Burlington’s exhibits in that first year. Click image to download a 184-KB PDF of this … Continue reading
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While the cover of this booklet is not as avant-garde as the 1932 edition, the four colors it uses are a bit more realistic and give a rustic feeling absent from that earlier booklet. Inside, the pages are all trimmed … Continue reading
Although the 1934 escorted tour booklet has the same number of pages as the 1932 edition, the 1934 booklet is smaller: 6″x9″ vs. 8″x10″ in 1932. Inside, the text and photographs are very similar, but the 1932 booklet was trimmed … Continue reading
This brochure summarizes the escorted tours Burlington offered in 1933. While the escorted tour booklets of that period were 68 pages long, this brochure unfolds into the equivalent of six slightly larger pages. Click image to download a 1.6-MB PDF … Continue reading
These two brochures were stuffed into the same folder as yesterday’s Aristocrat brochure. The Blackhawk was an overnight train between Chicago and the Twin Cities and, unlike the Aristocrat, remained on the timetable for many years after the introduction of … Continue reading
In 1930, Burlington introduced three new trains on some of its premiere routes: Chicago-Denver, Chicago-Twin Cities, and Chicago-Omaha-Lincoln. Since 1930 was Burlington’s 80th year of operation, these were billed as the “Anniversary Fleet,” which was a bit of ridiculous hype … Continue reading
Although Rocky Mountain National Park is only the subtitle, that turns out to be the sole subject of this booklet. Dated March 5, 1929, the 40-page booklet includes a large fold-out map in the back that shows roads and trails … Continue reading
This 32-page booklet contains much text and lots of black-and-white photos of mountains, lakes, hotels, and railroad lines. The Burlington itself didn’t go to Utah, and though its partner Rio Grande did, it is understandable that most of the booklet … Continue reading
These are the last of the Burlington blotters I scanned from the Dale Hastin collection. The first two introduce the Kansas City Zephyr and the American Royal Zephyr. Click image to download a 307-KB PDF of this blotter. These two … Continue reading
These blotters from the Dale Hastin collection are a little more generic than the Burlington blotters we’ve seen so far. The first advertises nine different trains including the Denver Zephyr, which began operating in 1936, and the Aristocrat, which was … Continue reading