In 1936, the Alaska Steamship Company published this brochure in cooperation with the Union Pacific. In a few months, I’ll post a similar brochure published in cooperation with the Great Northern. Click image to download an 4.3-MB PDF of this … Continue reading
The Chihuahua Pacific is one of the most scenic lines in Mexico. Part of the route is through the Copper Canyon, which is larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon (though not as steeply sided). Click image to download an … Continue reading
In the early 1960s, Canadian National began offering a “red, white, and blue” fare plan in which the lowest (red) fares were on Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays with higher (white) fares on Fridays and Sundays and the highest (blue) … Continue reading
With planes, trains, trucks, ships, hotels, and telecommunications, Canadian Pacific could justifiably call itself a more complete transportation system than anything in the United States, where antitrust laws prevented the railroads from controlling most other forms of transportation. While Canadian … Continue reading
This brochure encourages people to take one “of Canada’s two scenic dome trains,” the Canadian and Dominion, or a Canadian Pacific “D.C. 8 Jet Empress” to their convention, wherever that might be. Perhaps there were a lot of conventions in … Continue reading
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
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
