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
Here’s a different version of yesterday’s Cripple Creek Short Line brochure. Neither have a printing date, but I can discern the numerals “1/06” on one of the maps on this brochure. The very same map is used on yesterday’s edition … Continue reading
In 1890, a prospector named Bob Womack discovered gold near Cripple Creek, Colorado, and eventually the Cripple Creek mining district produced more than 650 tons of gold worth close to $20 billion at today’s prices. Located about halfway between the … Continue reading
This brochure summarizes the escorted tours Burlington offered in 1933. While the escorted tour booklets of that period were 68 pages long, this brochure unfolds into the equivalent of six slightly larger pages. Click image to download a 1.6-MB PDF … Continue reading
This post-war brochure advertises “New Diesel Power for the North Coast Limited.” The brochure is dated 3-47, so the train itself would continue with pre-war heavyweight equipment for another year. Click image to download a 496-KB PDF of this brochure. … Continue reading
Unlike all the previous brochures in this series, this one actually has a date: 1-38. It is similar to the Portland brochure but with even more text: four pages are mostly text with small photos and one is all text, … Continue reading
