This is almost identical to a brochure shown here previously, except the previous one was blue with black text and photos while this one is yellow with blue text and photos. Also, this one has a date: 1961, while the … Continue reading
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This 1948 brochure unfolds to the equivalent of eight pages of the 24-or–more page booklets CP used to advertise its Rocky Mountain resorts. We’ve already seen a 28-page along-the-way booklet with the same title and cover photo as this brochure … Continue reading
This brochure encourages people to hold conventions at one of Canadian Pacific’s hotels in the Rockies or Vancouver, BC. There’s no date, but it mentions the Trans-Canada Limited, which operated from 1919 to 1931. It also has a photo of … Continue reading
Cutting its timetable down to the equivalent of six pages didn’t leave Santa Fe enough room to list fares. The railway made up for it by printing this brochure, which unfolds to the equivalent of four pages. Click image to … Continue reading
The La Fonda Hotel was built in Santa Fe in 1920, but didn’t become really successful until the Santa Fe Railway purchased it in 1925. The hotel was designed by Isaac Rapp, who is sometimes called “the creator of the … Continue reading
Of the more than 100 Class I railroads that existed in 1960, only seven survive today. The definition of the minimum revenues necessary to be considered class I has changed, but even after adjusting for inflation only ten would exist … Continue reading
Despite having purchased $5 million worth of new or refurbished passenger cars since 1962, ridership dwindled on the Kansas City Southern, so this 1968 brochure announces that the railroad was discontinuing all passenger service. The brochure blamed the decline in … Continue reading
As its name suggests, the Denver & Salt Lake was trying to build from Denver to Salt Lake City, but only made it as far as Craig, Colorado. The dream of a Denver-Salt Lake route was realized when the Denver … Continue reading
This is an update to an undated version of Panoramic Views shown here previously. The map on that one shows the Dotsero Cutoff and Uintah Railway, placing it in the 1934-1939 time period. The Uintah Railway, which stopped operating in … Continue reading
We’ve seen an edition of this brochure from the late 1930s and one from about 1950. Here’s a version from around 1916 that features not only the Rio Grande but Western Pacific’s Feather River route. The brochure’s map is dated … Continue reading