If yesterday’s brochure was tiny, this one is a giant, unfolding to nearly 17″x22″. When unfolded it becomes an eight-page, stapled brochure, of which the “cover” shown below is actually the bottom half of page 8. Click image to download … Continue reading
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As previously shown here, in the 1960s the Great Northern issued a series of what I call “tiny brochures”–because they fold to just 2-5/6″x5-1/2″–describing each of the many destinations reachable on GN rail. This one for Alaska appears to date … Continue reading
Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit are given top billing as eastern cities you will want to visit after taking your trip across the West on the Empire Builder. Also mentioned are Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Niagara Falls, and–almost as an afterthought (but more … Continue reading
This eight-page, black-and-white brochure is quite a come-down from the colorful 20-page brochure the Rio Grande published some two decades earlier. Perhaps, having just emerged from bankruptcy in 1947, the railroad was trying to save money. But wait! Did you … Continue reading
There’s no date on this brochure, but the centerfold map has no hint of a rail line from Dotsero to Denver, which means it was published before 1932, when the Denver & Rio Grande Western began building that line. The … Continue reading
This 1967 Santa Fe brochure offers an American plan, of sorts, for rail travel: for just one fare, get transportation, all meals, and optional sleeping rooms. From Los Angeles to Chicago, the one-price round-trip fare on the Super Chief was … Continue reading
Valley of the Sun is a booster name for the Phoenix area. The sun part is right, but it never seemed like it was in a valley to me. In any case, this 28-page brochure is from 1950. In case … Continue reading
This 1941 flyer, which came as an insert to the Grand Canyon Outings booklet, describes lodging, activities, trips, and all-expense tours in Grand Canyon National Park. The flyer includes seven different one-, two-, and three-day tours of the Grand Canyon, … Continue reading
If the Rock Island’s claim of being the best road to Yellowstone was shaky, it at least had a viable claim to be a good route to California. This 1927 brochure advertises that people can take either the Golden State … Continue reading
This 1923 brochure makes the difficult case that people should take the Rock Island to Denver on their way to Yellowstone National Park. From Denver, travelers could take Rock Island “connections . . . to any of the four Yellowstone … Continue reading