For some reason, Great Northern used two different shapes for its tiny brochures. While yesterday’s brochure, for example, was 5-1/2″ by 17″, this one is 8-1/2″ by 11″. Either way provides 12 panels and the same number of square inches … Continue reading
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This brochure was apparently printed the same date (June, 1959) and in the same quantity (50,000 copies) as yesterday’s. It is also the same size: 12 printed panels. Click image to download a 1.8-MB PDF of this brochure. It includes … Continue reading
The headline reads “Grand Coulee Dam,” but only four of twelve panels (plus the cover photo) are about the dam and the related irrigation project. Two more cover Lake Chelan, three deal with the Wenatchee Valley, and one briefly describes … Continue reading
The tourist who collected the menus and other dining items shown in the last few days may have arrived at East Glacier by train and certainly stayed at Glacier’s finest hotels. But if they had arrived by car and wanted … Continue reading
Here’s a companion to yesterday’s brochure covering the route between the Pacific Northwest and the San Francisco Bay Area. It actually starts in Vancouver, BC, meaning trains of the Great Northern to Seattle and Great Northern, Northern Pacific, or Union … Continue reading
This 1946 brochure purports to show the northbound trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco, but is really an advertisement for the route than an along-the-way brochure for on-board passengers. The front cover shows a Daylight locomotive pulling 19 cars–the … Continue reading
Most of this brochure is dedicated to describing the “radiant beauty” of California, but it opens with a pseudo-telegram promising that “our famous fleet of trains is operating as usual” despite an interruption in service. The yellow color of this … Continue reading
This brochure is, by name at least, a successor to a 1931 28-page booklet that contained many color lithographs. The 1938 brochure unfolds into eight panels, so has about the same amount of space as a 16-page booklet. These brochures … Continue reading
This 1953 brochure unfolds to 20″x27″ of text and graphics that are almost too busy. While one side describes destinations ranging from Mt. Hood to Washington, DC, the other side shows accommodations and fares on New York Central and connecting … Continue reading
Most railroads in Europe are government owned, but Switzerland has an interesting combination of government and private railways. Perhaps coincidentally, Switzerland also has the highest railway usage, per capita, of any European nation. The private railways are mostly meter-gauge tourist … Continue reading