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Except for the name of the railroad, this could be one of Union Pacific’s tour brochures similar to those shown here a couple of months ago. Unlike UP, Rock Island only went as far west as Colorado, so this brochure … Continue reading
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Despite the title of this brochure, it isn’t a guide to New York City but a guide to getting to and from the city on the Baltimore & Ohio rather than some other railroad. The B&O didn’t go into New … Continue reading
By the early 1960s, CN appeared to be relying primarily on brochures, not booklets, to advertise Jasper Park. True, we’ve seen this booklet from 1964, but it is not only much smaller than the Jasper booklets from the 1920s through … Continue reading
We’ve seen an 11″x8-1/2″ 36-page booklet about Jasper from 1956. This fold-out brochure has the equivalent of eight pages in the typical railroad 8″x9″ format, though actually they are 7-1/2″x9-1/2″. Other than a few photos, the two don’t have a … Continue reading
This brochure — not a booklet — encouraged people to return to Jasper after the four years of travel restrictions imposed by the war. In addition to the two color photos on the cover, the brochure includes ten black-and-white photos … Continue reading
At first glance, this appears to be a menu in what I call the charcoal series of Canadian National Alaska steamship dinner menus. Opening it, however, reveals it to be the program for the last night’s entertainment on the TSS … Continue reading
This 1935 brochure advertises cruises to Skagway, Alaska on the Prince Robert, one of Canadian National’s newest steamships. The cruises included lengthy tourist stops in the towns of Prince Rupert (7 hours), Ketchikan (5 hours), Sitka (8 hours), and Juneau … Continue reading
Before it purchased dome cars for the California Zephyr and other streamlined trains, the Rio Grande made a narrow-gauge dome car, of sorts, for its scenic line between Durango and Silverton. The car had a glass roof with open sides … Continue reading
In 1929, Burlington issued a California escorted tour booklet jointly with the Santa Fe railroad. That booklet described just one 22-day tour that went on the Santa Fe from Chicago to Los Angeles with stopovers in Santa Fe and the … Continue reading
In late 1906, the Chicago & North Western completed its line to Lander, Wyoming, which may have been part of an effort for the railway to reach the Pacific. In late 1907, Union Pacific built a line to what is … Continue reading