We’ve previously seen Shasta Route guides from 1920 and 1923. Those two were pretty similar to one another, but this one, from five years later, is quite different, with new photos, an updated typeface, and changes in layout. The most important reason for the change is that, between 1923 and 1928, Southern Pacific opened up the new Cascade line, so this booklet covers both it and the older Siskiyou line.

Click image to download an 6.8-MB PDF of this 12-page booklet.

The 1928 booklet covered both lines despite being four pages shorter than the 1920 and 1923 booklets. It was able to do so without cutting much information by using a smaller font, eliminating spaces between paragraphs, and otherwise reducing the amount of white space.

Like the earlier guides, this one starts in Seattle even though the segment between Portland and Seattle was owned by Northern Pacific. Southern Pacific sleeping cars on Shasta Route trains to Portland continued on to Seattle, so passengers going from San Francisco to Seattle could avoid a change in trains and use this booklet for their entire journey.