This 1951 brochure contains gorgeous color photographs of scenery and drab black-and-white photographs of the interiors of UP passenger trains. I can’t help but think this did not show the railroad at its best. Click image to download a 2.2-MB … Continue reading
When completed in 1936, Boulder Dam was the largest concrete structure ever built. This generated feelings of national pride and the Union Pacific happily took advantage of this by encouraging people to stopover in Las Vegas so they could tour … Continue reading
The cover’s reference to “plenty to shoot at” means with a camera. “Wherever you turn from wherever you are a new picture presents itself in the Utah-Arizona national parks,” says the inside of this 1936 brochure. I’d have to agree: … Continue reading
The underlying theme of this brochure is that the south rim of the Grand Canyon that was served by the Santa Fe was open year round. Unmentioned except by implication is that the north rim that was served by Union … Continue reading
This brochure describes rodeos in Bozeman and Ellensburg (both of which were on the NP main line), Coeur d’Alene (not far from the Northern Pacific station in Spokane), Cheyenne (served by Union Pacific but reachable by NP to Billings and … Continue reading
Having published a brochure based on the fictitious Alice in Wonderland writing home at the end of a trip to Yellowstone, NP decided to write a brochure based on the fictitious diary of a lovelorn Massachusetts school teacher. It is … Continue reading
Northern Pacific began serving Yellowstone in 1883 and this quirky brochure was one of its first advertisements for that service. This particular brochure was published in 1885, but an earlier edition came out in 1883. Click image to download a … Continue reading
In 1950, Edmonds was a small town of about 2,000 people working in sawmills and other factories. By 1960, however, its population had nearly quadrupled, and nearly tripled again in the 1960s, as Seattle workers sought single-family homes in low-density … Continue reading
I have this beautiful cover listed as a “missing menu” on my page of Canadian National menu series. Rather than a menu, however, today’s item is the itinerary of a 1949 trip of the American Association of Railroad Ticket Agents … Continue reading
This map presents Jasper National Park in heavy relief, or what the Great Northern called an “aeroplane view.” Frankly, all of the mountain peaks look alike, making the map hard to read. Click image to download an 7.1-MB PDF of … Continue reading
