While Greyhound was one company that had an interest in, and eventually absorbed, a number of other companies operating under the Greyhound name, Trailways was never more than a loose association of separate companies that attempted to coordinate their schedules … Continue reading
Rail passenger ridership peaked in 1920 and started a steady decline thereafter interrupted only by World War II. Early buses were one competitor for rail riders, and more than two dozen railroads responded by starting their own bus companies in … Continue reading
By 1950, the Rio Grande no longer operated a train called the Panoramic, but it retained the name “Panoramic Views” in this updated brochure featuring streamliners and dome cars. As with the 1930s edition of the brochure, this one is … Continue reading
The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad justifiably called itself “the scenic line of the world,” but its main east-west route from Pueblo to Salt Lake City by-passed Denver and lacked convenient connections with Chicago. Meanwhile, the Denver & Salt … Continue reading
The lack of four-color photos in this brochure advertising tourist cabins initially led me to think it was from the 1930s. But in fact it is dated March 1955, when the Western Star was the Great Northern’s train to the … Continue reading
In the summer of 1948, little more than a year after Great Northern introduced the streamlined Empire Builder, Chicago held what some have called the “last great rail fair.” Great Northern was one of 39 railroads that participated. Click image … Continue reading
This full-sized brochure appears to have been published in 1964 (a tiny code reads “100264” and the address includes a zip code; zip codes were introduced in July, 1963). This suggests that the Great Northern was giving up on the … Continue reading
This brochure describes some of the many annual festivals to be seen along the Great Northern’s line. Photographs portray the Minneapolis Aquatennial, Portland Rose Festival, Spokane Lilac Festival, St. Paul Winter Carnival, Tacoma-Puyallup Daffodil Festival, Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival, and … Continue reading
This brochure focusing on Glacier Park’s little sister, Waterton Lakes National Park, is dated 1961 and features ten color photos, two color drawings, and a map showing how easy it is for visitors to Glacier Park to take a side … Continue reading
Continuing its rivalry with the Canadian Pacific, the only railroad that actually served both Vancouver and Victoria BC, the Great Northern issued this tiny brochure that might be dated 1964. Like the Portland brochure, this one is three across and … Continue reading
