The nine photos on the cover of this menu depict such sights as the S.S. Prince George cruising to Alaska, Niagara Falls, and Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, all of which were accessible from CN trains (and steamships). At 52 pages, the timetable is thicker than almost any U.S. railroad timetable would have been in 1969.
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A few days ago I presented a 1960 brochure advertising CN’s two transcontinental trains, the Super Continental and Continental. I noted that the Continental would have disappointed any long-distance traveler as it didn’t have much in the way of food services and only intermittently had sleeping car accommodations. Continue reading