This cover painting by Maurice Logan also appeared on a 16-page, 1928 booklet titled “California for the Tourist.” This brochure has the equivalent of four pages and is aimed at southern Californians thinking of traveling to the San Francisco Bay … Continue reading
Southern Pacific announced a new simplified fare structure for its San Francisco commuter trains in 1957. Rather than have a different price for each city pair, it put the San Francisco-San Jose route into six zones, with one price from … Continue reading
The Peninsula, of course, is the San Francisco peninsula, which includes San Mateo County. SP commuter trains continued south of the peninsula to San Jose and other communities in Santa Clara County. This flyer lists fares; the Streamliner Memories reader … Continue reading
Dated November 1, 1942, this issue of West doesn’t promote any vacation destinations or announce new trains, which would have been inappropriate in the midst of the world war. Instead, it relates how Union Pacific and Southern Pacific ceremoniously “undrove” … Continue reading
A 1940 issue of West advertised that California was “throwing a winter party” consisting of “more than 300 colorful pageants, fiestas, celebrations, and sports events.” This one repeats the theme for the winter of 1941-42. No one knew that most … Continue reading
The S.S. Dixie was built in 1928 and used by the Southern Pacific to carry passengers from its rail terminus in New Orleans to New York City. As described in this issue of West, it had a swimming pool, a … Continue reading
Although the cover is bare of anything except the 1940 Golden Gate Exposition logo, inside this brochure are ten beautiful color images of what travelers might see on their Southern Pacific trips to and from the expo (plus one of … Continue reading
This issue of West is the second to advertise southern Arizona as a winter destination. The first one was undated but was from late 1940; I guessed December. This one is marked September, 1941, so I now suspect the first … Continue reading
“Five More!” brags the cover of this issue of West, referring to five new streamlined trains being put into service by Southern Pacific. Two of these were for the overnight Lark, two were the San Joaquin Daylights, and the fifth … Continue reading
This brochure promotes the Playa De Cortés (Cortés Beach) Hotel and travel to Mexico in general on SP’s route down the West Coast of that nation. The brochure is undated, but it does say that the hotel will open “starting … Continue reading
