This 1946 four-panel brochure is 5-1/2″x8-1/2″ folded but opens to 22 inches wide. The brochure briefly describes each of the main destinations reached by the Burlington and its parent railroads, GN and NP (though they are only mentioned on a … Continue reading
Like the NP West brochure, this one refers to the Red Lodge Gateway as “new,” saying it was “opening to railroad travelers with the 1937 season.” Unlike the West brochure, this one is clearly marked with a 1948 date, and … Continue reading
This is an updated version of yesterday’s brochure, with many interior pages exactly alike other than the use of red trim on this booklet. When this brochure was printed, both Bonneville Dam and Timberline Lodge (which opened in 1938) were … Continue reading
This 24-page brochure has no date, but it mentions the new “Red Lodge Gateway” (meaning the Beartooth Highway) to Yellowstone, which opened in 1936. It also shows Bonneville Dam under construction; since the dam was completed in 1937, this brochure … Continue reading
This 32-page brochure includes 23 pages of photos with a full-page map and about eight pages of text. In 1938, most travel in Alaska was by boat or train, so the brochure features several photos of the Alaska Railroad. Curiously, … Continue reading
For a mere $200 (nearly $1,400 in today’s money), a Chicago traveler could take a trip on the El Capitan and spend four days, three nights, in the Los Angeles area, including visits to Hollywood, Universal Studios, Busch Gardens, Knott’s … Continue reading
Pullman’s exhibit at the 1948-1949 Chicago Railroad Fair may have been a dull repeat of its previous fair exhibits, but Santa Fe’s was stunningly daring and original. To advertise its association with the Southwest, the railway recreated a variety of … Continue reading
In the eight years after the end of the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair, a world war had introduced many new technologies, an increasing number of railroads had purchased Budd stainless steel passenger trains, the development of dome cars was … Continue reading
This is Pullman’s contribution to literature about the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair. It’s dated 1940; the 1939 brochure was much smaller and lacked any photos of the fair itself, no doubt because it was prepared before much of the … Continue reading
Much of this brochure was developed by the World’s Fair committee, and Southern Pacific added to it and adopted it for its own advertising. For example, here is the same cover but with “Admission 50¢ Children under Fourteen 25¢” in … Continue reading
