The 1950 version of the westbound here-you-are brochure is superficially the same as the 1949 brochure, but in fact the text and graphics have been almost completely redone. Click image to download a PDF of this four-page brochure. The GN … Continue reading
Here is the 1950 eastbound counterpart to yesterday’s “Here You Are” brochure for Empire Builder passengers. Eastbound passengers had to get up early to see Glacier Park, as the train arrived at West Glacier (Belton) at about 7:30 am. Click … Continue reading
Passengers traveling westbound on the streamlined Empire Builder in 1949 woke up their first morning to this little brochure–which possibly was given only to sleeping car passengers. Page 1 explains what passengers can expect to see that morning, while page … Continue reading
This blog has been somewhat chronological: first were pre-war streamlined trains; then post-war streamliners; then post-war domeliners. Before taking the logical next step of describing the decline of streamliners in the 1960s, I want to pick up some streamlined memorabilia … Continue reading
Railway Age, the rail industry’s magazine of record, described the “spectacular new equipment” that made up the Empire Builder in an eight-page feature article on April 12, 1947. Noting that the five twelve-car trains that made up the Empire Builder … Continue reading
After introducing the streamlined Empire Builder, the train’s menus featured paintings by Charles Russell, the cowboy artist who once lived in Great Falls on the Great Northern line. This is a breakfast menu offering meals from $1.00 to $1.35 (about … Continue reading
Here is a curious item, and not just because “soap leaves” have been replaced in modern life by wet wipes. Click the image to download a PDF of the front and back of this little packet of soap leaves. The … Continue reading
Passengers in the observation lounge car were invited to send letters using stationery decorated with this colorful letterhead. Click to download a PDF showing the entire first page of this four-page stationery. (The other three pages are blank.) In addition … Continue reading
The Great Northern promoted the streamlined Empire Builder by placing ads in Look, Life, Saturday Evening Post, and other magazines. These ads contained many of the graphics found in the Through Your Car Window brochure. None of these ads are … Continue reading
This is a colorful, 24-page brochure the Great Northern made available to passengers and potential passengers of its streamlined Empire Builder. This particular one is dated May 1949, but I suspect there were earlier editions. Click to download an 18.5-MB … Continue reading
