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This booklet has a page or more on each of eighteen hotels from the Lord Nelson in the east to the Empress in the west. The largest hotels, such as the Royal York, get three pages, while smaller ones, such … Continue reading
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The front cover of this booklet provides an early example of four-color photo printing in a railroad publication. The back cover also uses four colors but to print illustrations rather than photos. Inside, the photos are all black and white, … Continue reading
Alaska was still “America’s last frontier” in 1939, and though most of this booklet is oriented towards tourists, page 21 points out that the then-territory “offers opportunities for homestead settlement–free and exempt from taxes, adjacent to The Alaska Railroad.” The … Continue reading
Despite the title, this booklet really doesn’t have many “notes” for vacation planners. Instead, it consists of enticing photos with brief captions of the Grand Canyon; California; the Southwest; Colorado Rockies; and Texas. It also briefly lists eight streamlined and … Continue reading
This booklet is filled with beautiful black-and-white photos that certainly make me want to visit Colorado. But would I want to take the Santa Fe to Colorado? The booklet admits that Santa Fe’s main line nicks the southeast corner of … Continue reading
This edition of Santa Fe’s booklet about the Grand Canyon is four pages longer than the 1923 version. Much of the text is the same, but this one has new photos and more of them. In addition, the centerfold has … Continue reading
In 1952, the Association of American Railroads estimated that there were 13,000 daily trains in the United States, including “local and suburban [i.e., commuter] trains,” but not subway or other urban transit trains. Of the 13,000, about 650 were distinguished … Continue reading
As noted in the description of the 1928 edition of this booklet, Rock Island’s Colorado booklet has morphed over the years from one that is mostly text with some small photos to one that is mostly full-page photos with some … Continue reading
We’ve seen 1924 and 1928 editions of the Rock Island’s “turquoise sky” booklets about Colorado. This one doesn’t have a clear date, but the cover art is dated 1902 and the booklet cites data from 1900 and 1901, so Rock … Continue reading
The 1948-1949 Chicago Railroad Fair was the last great rail fair, but it’s most enduring legacy is that it was the inspiration for Disneyland. Some great photos of the fair are on Stuff from the Park, a web site about … Continue reading