Despite yesterday’s booklet, Missouri Pacific didn’t actually go to California. But it did go to Colorado, or at least, Pueblo, Colorado, from whence travelers could reach most of the rest of the state on MP’s former vassal railroad, the Rio … Continue reading
By 1927, when Missouri Pacific published this booklet, it had lost control of the Rio Grande and Western Pacific, so those railroads aren’t specifically mentioned here. The map in back, however, emphasizes them over the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific … Continue reading
This booklet is undated, but it refers to events that took place in 1908 so I am confident in dating it to 1909. At that time, Missouri Pacific effectively controlled the Rio Grande and Western Pacific, the latter of which … Continue reading
This booklet argues that “scenic Colorado” is the best answer to the above question (which is posed on the front cover, while the cover shown below is, like Rock Island timetables, on the back). It also notes that “The Rock … Continue reading
In 1929, Rock Island was competing with Union Pacific and Burlington in offering both escorted and independent (unescorted) tours of Colorado. The two-week, escorted tours left from Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, the Twin Cities, or Dallas-Ft. Worth every Saturday in … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1947 ranch vacations booklet. This one has similar text and some of the same photos, but most of the photos are new. Like the 1947 version, but unlike dude ranch booklets from other railroads, this one … Continue reading
This booklet calls the Wenatchee apple district “the commercial apple center of America.” In fact, in recent years at least, the Yakima district on the former Northern Pacific route produces more apples than the Wenatchee district. Click image to download … Continue reading
This inside of this 20-page booklet is nearly identical to Burlington’s 1947 dude ranch booklet, but the cover was so colorful that I added it to my collection anyway. The main differences, other than the cover, are the lists of … Continue reading
This is one of a series of booklets promoting the Pacific Northwest published by the Burlington along with its parents, GN and NP. We’ve previously seen one on world trade and one on minerals — but in the Northwest, timber … Continue reading
In 1926, the Pennsylvania Railroad carried the most traffic and earned the most profits of any railroad in the United States and, probably, the world. It was also headquartered in Philadelphia, so naturally it had an exhibit at the nation’s … Continue reading
