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I noted a few months ago that one of the signs of the Golden Age of passenger trains was the use of evocative names for a railroad’s premiere trains. What could be less evocative than “trains 3 & 4”? Yet … Continue reading
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We’ve previously seen a glorious full-color booklet advertising the 1927 edition of the Olympian. That booklet was dated July 15 for a train that would first enter service on August 1. Click any image to download a 5.2-MB PDF of … Continue reading
When the Pacific Limited was inaugurated on April 3, 1913, most of Union Pacific’s transcontinental trains connected to Chicago over the North Western line. For some trains, UP’s 1912 timetables also showed connections at Omaha with the Chicago Great Western, … Continue reading
In 1931, when this booklet was issued, three Denver-bound trains left Chicago every morning at 10:30. From the North Western station, the Columbine expected to take 26-2/3 hours to travel 1,048 miles and arrive at Denver Union Station at 1:10 … Continue reading
This booklet introduces “the splendid new Erie Limited,” which was inaugurated on June 2, 1929. This train “provides 25 hour service at the lowest fares available.” The train in fact took slightly less than 25 hours to go between New … Continue reading
Unlike the Overland Limited, the Portland Limited wasn’t an all-Pullman train, but this booklet is just as elaborate as yesterday’s. It uses the same typefaces, many of the same drawings, and the floor plans on page 15 show that the … Continue reading
From the mid-1920s through the mid-1950s, Union Pacific published little booklets like this one advertising many of its named trains. This is the first one I’ve obtained for the Overland Limited, one of its two most exclusive (meaning all-Pullman) trains. … Continue reading
The North Western Limited was for many years the Chicago & North Western’s premiere overnight train that ran entirely over its own rails. It was completely re-equipped in 1928 and the 16 crisp black-and-white photos in this 1929 booklet show … Continue reading
In a profound example of poor timing, just a few weeks after the stock market crash that heralded the beginning of the Great Depression, Burlington inaugurated a new Chicago-Denver train called the Aristocrat. To equip the train, along with another … Continue reading
This gorgeous booklet introduced an all-new Olympian in 1927. In March of that year, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (nicknamed the Milwaukee Road), had been organized to take over the bankrupt Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul (nicknamed the … Continue reading