This booklet advertises the New Orleans connection between the Sunset Limited and Crescent, allowing passengers to go from coast to coast. As mentioned here previously, this “Washington-Sunset Route” was advertised from 1946 to 1949 and again from 1954 to 1956. … Continue reading
Published in 1925, this booklet highlights all of California’s major attractions reached by SP: San Francisco before the Golden Gate Bridge; Monterey; Los Angeles; Carriso Gorge; San Diego; and Yosemite. The black-and-white photos are somewhat muddy but are large enough … Continue reading
We’ve seen bright and colorful dude ranch booklets from Burlington, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Union Pacific. In 1940, Santa Fe made the curious choice of issuing a booklet entirely printed in somber shades of brown with black text. Though … Continue reading
The is the fourth copy of this title in my collection, each issued about ten years apart. This one uses many of the same photos as the 1936 edition, but they are in color. Click image to download a 36.0-MB … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain Views covered sights all over Colorado because the Rio Grande had lines extending all over Colorado. But Western Pacific — which was financed by and once owned by the Rio Grande — was basically a single line from … Continue reading
Although the cover looks the same as earlier editions, this edition of this venerable title has given up the construction paper format and all interior pages are printed on white paper. It also uses black-and-white photos with some green tones, … Continue reading
Here’s a later version of the booklet presented here a couple of days ago. Unlike the previous one, this one doesn’t have a date, but it does have a different cover photo showing locomotive number 1607. This is one of … Continue reading
Although this booklet, like yesterday’s, was published by Smith-Brooks, it has a completely different format. Instead of colorized photos printed on white paper and glued onto black construction paper, this one consists of photos printed directly on the white paper … Continue reading
This 1917 booklet is made of the same materials as yesterday’s booklet, but was printed by a different company, Smith-Brooks. In addition to the different title, all of the photos are different, though some only slightly, probably because of this … Continue reading
This is one of many picture books published by various companies to be sold on board Denver & Rio Grande trains (and presumably in D&RG stations as well). This one happens to be dated 1906 (before the D&RG became the … Continue reading
