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
Although this brochure was clearly issued by the White Pass & Yukon Route, only one of the five panels (other than the cover) actually features White Pass trains between Skagway and Whitehorse. The others deal with the Alaska ferry system, … Continue reading
In 1965, Canadian Pacific still advertised train travel to families using a 16-page brochure originally designed when the streamlined Canadian was introduced in in the mid-1950s. But it also took advantage of the sexual revolution to advertise the “romance of … Continue reading
This 1965 brochure pictures and describes seven chateau-style hotels, three plainer urban hotels built in the early 20th century, and two motor lodges. The brochure also describes two high-rise modernist hotels then under construction, one in Edmonton scheduled to open … Continue reading
This 1960 brochure unfolds into the equivalent of 16 8×9-pages, most of which are dedicated to color photos of Jasper Lodge and the scenery around it. In line with the “picture yourself” theme, both the cover and the back of … Continue reading
This large brochure folds up so that an image of a beautiful wooden Indian bow appears behind the cover scene of a young couple overlooking the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park. This seems like a clever idea except for … Continue reading
