This 5″x6″ booklet is a mate to one issued in the same month (July) and year for the City of Los Angeles. Instead of the black-and-white photos found in most Union Pacific name-train booklets, these two contain color images that … Continue reading
No matter which route you took from New York City to Florida, you would ride on the Pennsylvania as far as Washington, DC. The Pennsylvania also competed with the Southern in Midwest-Florida service. Click image to download a 6.4-MB PDF … Continue reading
In January 1927, Seaboard completed its “all Florida” line to Miami and passengers no longer had to ride a “parlor car bus” between West Palm Beach and Miami. Among the passengers on the first train to Miami was Dorothy Walker … Continue reading
In 1924, Seaboard extended its Florida line to West Palm Beach, then reached Miami in 1926. Both the ACL and Southern Railway had to share revenues from Miami-bound passengers with the Florida East Coast, but Seaboard now had its own … Continue reading
In April, 1900, the fastest Burlington and Union Pacific Chicago-Denver trains were speeded up to about 27-1/2 hours. That was a big improvement over 1890, when the fastest trains were over 30 hours, and an even bigger improvement over 1882, … Continue reading
As noted yesterday, the Olympian was the Milwaukee Road’s entry into the battle of the limiteds for passenger travel to and from the Pacific Northwest, competing directly against the North Coast Limited for much of its journey and slightly less … Continue reading
In 1924, GN completely re-equipped the Oriental Limited with mostly all-steel cars. The new cars were such an improvement that for the next five years GN invariably called the train “the New Oriental Limited.” Among the amenities not found on … Continue reading
As previously noted, in November, 1926, the three sets of railroads competing in the Chicago-Los Angeles market had reduced the schedules of their premiere trains from 68 to 63 hours. Riding any of these trains required a $10 extra fare, … Continue reading
Santa Fe’s introduction of the Chief in 1926 led Union Pacific and Rock Island-Southern Pacific to match the Santa Fe train’s 63-hour schedules as well as its extra fares of as much as $10. They also met Santa Fe’s reduction … Continue reading
On November 14, 1926, after eight winters of not running the de Luxe, Santa Fe inaugurated the Chief. Significantly, the railway didn’t include the word “limited” in the name, hinting that this train, like the de Luxe, was even better … Continue reading
