This undated ticket envelope advertises six streamliners: the all-coach City of New Orleans and all-Pullman Panama Limited, both Chicago-New Orleans; the City of Miami, which went Chicago-Birmingham on the Illinois Central and on to Florida on other roads; the Daylight … Continue reading
Here’s a ticket envelope from that four-year period between introduction of the Mid-Century Empire Builder and the addition of Great Domes to that train. The date on the envelope is 1953. The foods containing omega-3 fatty acids can best cheap … Continue reading
In this age of political correctness, when colleges aren’t allowed to use Native American terms for team names, it is amazing to think that the Santa Fe Railroad based its train fleet on the “chief” name and the war bonnet … Continue reading
Here’s a Union Pacific ticket envelope with a window, presumably to allow passengers to easily check to see that their tickets haven’t accidentally slipped out. But it also reduces the amount of space for the railroad to advertise its trains. … Continue reading
Here’s a used ticket envelope from the 1947 streamlined Empire Builder. The inner flap of the envelope has a photo of a spectacular mountain in Glacier National Park. The ticket agent wrote on the outer flap that the passenger spent … Continue reading
While the Pere Marquette and Empire Builder were the first post-war trains, the Rock Island holds the honor of being the only railroad allowed to introduce a new passenger train during the war. In January, 1945, the Twin Star Rocket … Continue reading
