Streamliner Memories reader Sam Simons sent images of this Northern Pacific blotter advertising the company as the “Main Street of the Northwest.” Great Northern might have had fewer mountains to cross, but Northern Pacific’s main lines served most of Montana’s … Continue reading
A century ago today, Great Northern wished its customers “a joyous Christmas and a happy and successful New Year” with this blotter. After a minor post-war recession, the United States had enjoyed rapid economic growth in 1923, and that growth … Continue reading
When Great Northern introduced its all-steel Oriental Limited in 1924, it sent one of the train sets on an exhibition tour together with the William Crooks and passenger cars that were its contemporaries. This blotter, which is similar to ones … Continue reading
The Santa Fe had a branch line that went directly to the rim of the Grand Canyon and Northern Pacific and Union Pacific both had branch lines that went to the border of Yellowstone. But only one national park was … Continue reading
On November 7, 1929, New Jersey Central inaugurated a train called the Bullet from Jersey City to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Due to the Depression and the fact that the train’s competitor operated directly into New York City, the Bullet only lasted … Continue reading
Here are four more comic blotters from the Quanah, Acme and Pacific whose scans were donated by a Streamliner Memories reader. Two of them emphasize that the QA&P was completely Dieselized by 1954, ahead of many class I railroads. Of … Continue reading
The railroad that became the Quanah, Acme & Pacific once had ambitions to spread across the width of Texas, but only made it about 117 miles. One early investor was Harry Koch, a newspaper publisher and grandfather of today’s Koch … Continue reading
Here are some blotters whose scans were contributed by the same reader who gave us the Southern Pacific menus a few days ago. The first one features a January, 1927 calendar, but from the Merry Christmas message it clearly was … Continue reading
Here are several more blotters from the 1930s and 1940s. Scans of these blotters were contributed by a Streamliner Memories reader. Click any image to download a PDF of that blotter. PDFs are between 600 KB and 1.0 MB. This … Continue reading
These four blotters feature Langdon Kihn or Winold Reiss paintings. Dates indicate they were issued monthly, but unlike some monthly blotters didn’t include a calendar. Click any image to download a PDF of that blotter. PDFs are under 700 KB. … Continue reading
