From the mid-1920s through the mid-1950s, Union Pacific published little booklets like this one advertising many of its named trains. This is the first one I’ve obtained for the Overland Limited, one of its two most exclusive (meaning all-Pullman) trains. The elaborate cover is similar to the booklet published for the Los Angeles Limited, the other exclusive train.

Click image to download a 1.7-MB PDF of this 20-page booklet.

The booklet is filled with simple drawings of people enjoying the interiors of the lounge, dining, and other cars aboard the train. While even-numbered pages are headed “Overland Limited,” odd-numbered pages are headed “Finest & Fastest,” which is the sort of repetition I criticized yesterday. Floor plans of the club car, observation car, and a Pullman car are on page 15.

Name-train booklets published for Union Pacific in the 1920s were mostly printed by Poole Brothers in Chicago. But this one was printed by Acorn Press in Omaha. Usually, the booklets are dated, but this one is not. Since the Los Angeles Limited booklet was dated 1930, I’ll date this one the same year.