Union Pacific would sell Sun Valley in 1964, but in the meantime it had made it into one of the world’s first year-round, outdoor destination resorts. This brochure, which focuses on summer activities, displays the results. He had organized events, … Continue reading
This brochure briefly describes the nine summer tours offered by Union Pacific in 1958. With one exception, all of these tours were also offered in 1935, the exception being a trip to the southern Utah parks with a side trip … Continue reading
Here’s the 1958 edition of a brochure we previously saw in its 1953 incarnation. The main difference is that all of the photos of trains have been updated to show Union Pacific dome cars. Click image to download a 5.7-MB … Continue reading
At first glance, this looks like one of the color photo escorted tour booklets that UP published after the war. But it’s a brochure (meaning it’s a single piece of paper that unfolds into a large sheet), not a booklet … Continue reading
One side of this 18″x32″ map has nearly two dozen photos of Union Pacific passenger trains and places they go. The other side has a map of the United States (the southern tips of Texas and Florida are left off) … Continue reading
Unlike the joint UP/C&NW booklets that offered tours from Chicago, this little brochure focuses on escorted tours from Los Angeles. Since Yellowstone and southern Utah parks could be reached from L.A. exclusively on UP rails, the brochure does not need … Continue reading
This brochure offered Los Angeleans a seven-day, eight-night escorted tour of Yellowstone Park. The tour included a full day each at Old Faithful, Yellowstone Lake, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and Mammoth Hot Springs. Escorted tours left L.A. every … Continue reading
The Milwaukee Road did not have a great claim to have access to Yellowstone Park. Where the NP and UP went right to park entrances in Gardiner and West Yellowstone, Milwaukee’s closest approach to a park entrance was Gallatin Gateway, … Continue reading
This is the 1966 version of the 1961 Pacific Northwest-California brochure. It offers a few more options. Most important, under a “new arrangement” with Western Airlines, GN travelers who arrived in Seattle or Portland can fly to San Francisco rather … Continue reading
This companion to the Pacific Northwest-Calfornia tour brochure outlines one 14-day tour. Starting in Chicago, the estimated cost of the tour is about $280 coach (about $1,700 today), $370 roomette (about $2,200 today) including lodging, train and bus transportation (but … Continue reading
