Union Pacific 1928 Fares

In addition to several Union Pacific timetables, Streamliner Memories reader Tim Zukas scanned this seven-panel brochure listing summer fares for 1928. The fares are about (and some exactly) 5 percent greater than they were in 1925.

Click image to download a 3.2-MB PDF of this brochure.

Two panels of the brochure also list tours from Cedar City to Zion ($15 for bus, $22.75 for bus, a night’s lodging, and four meals); Cedar Breaks ($7.50 for bus, $10.25 for bus plus two meals); Cedar Breaks and Bryce ($20 for bus, $27.75 for bus, a night’s lodging, and four meals); Zion, Bryce, and Cedar Breaks ($35 for bus, $47.75 for bus, two night’s lodging, and eight meals); all three parks plus Grand Canyon and Kaibab National Forest ($65 for bus, $89.50 for four night’s lodging, and 14 meals). Multiply by 18 to get today’s dollars.

The brochure also has a Union Pacific system map and a brief description of the railroad’s main trains, ranging from the top-of-the-line Overland Limited to the lowly California Mail. In 1928, UP had two trains a day between Salt Lake City and West Yellowstone and a Utah Parks Special between Salt Lake and Cedar City.


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