“The history of the Northern Pacific teems with romance, courage and industry,” claims this hand-typed brochure that, for some reason, NP chose to print on some rather ugly green paper. It might be a little reminiscent of the greens used … Continue reading
Despite the size of this brochure–9″x12″ unfolding to 18″x36″–and the centennial event for which it was published, it is far from a complete history of Union Pacific locomotives. Only one-third of one side depicts and describes steam locomotives, showing just … Continue reading
We’ve seen several brief histories of the Union Pacific, but the railroad went all out for the 1969 centennial of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, publishing several different histories for the occasion. This one is the shortest: a brochure … Continue reading
