The M-10002, as discussed yesterday, would continue to operate between Portland and Seattle until March 1943, making its last Seattle-Portland run on March 13, after which it would be retired. But it was still going strong in this 1942 timetable.

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The nation, of course, was in the midst of war, and these 1942 timetables contain many self-serving, pseudo-patriotic ads proclaim that “the railroads are the first line of defense.” While that’s questionable, they certain played an important role in the war, and railroad officials no doubt hoped that unions would refrain from strikes that could disrupt rail traffic.

UP continued to advertise Sun Valley, including ads on the back covers of both this and the April timetable shown yesterday. The ads justified this by saying that Americans needed to “keep fit” “Whatever you may be doing, you’ll do it better after a week or two of mental rest and physical relaxation” at a resort such as Sun Valley.

Yesterday’s timetable even had an ad for escorted tours such as the ones described in this booklet for 1941. But today’s timetable announces that, in an “effort to cooperate in the War Program,” UP’s escorted tours were all cancelled for 1942. Despite this, the timetable goes on to say, “the Department of Tours is featuring independent, unescorted, all-expense tours for the summer season to Zion, Bryce Canyon and Yellowstone National Parks, and to Colorado.” People taking these tours were encouraged to travel in the middle of the week to avoid weekend congestion.