Like yesterday’s brochure, this one contributed by Bill Hough is undated but is probably from about 1941. While it praises the Budd-built, stainless steel Crusader as “a noteworthy forward step in railroad transportation,” it doesn’t claim the train is brand … Continue reading
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In stressing that the North Coast Limited was completely air conditioned — including a diagram purporting to show how air conditioning worked — this booklet can be dated to about 1937, the first year, as far as I can tell, … Continue reading
“Passengers in standard Pullmans are cordially invited to avail themselves of the special services and comforts on the air-conditioned North Coast Limited,” says the inside front cover of this guide. All of special services described in the guide were to … Continue reading
UP distinguished its premiere trains with distinctive branding. This included logos: roses for the Portland Rose, poppies for the Los Angeles Limited, and a Golden Gate sunset (influenced by partner Southern Pacific’s logo) for the San Francisco Overland. They also … Continue reading
In 1938, Union Pacific transferred the M-10004, which had been operating as the City of San Francisco, to City of Los Angeles service, thus increasing service on that route from five to ten times a month. Before putting the train … Continue reading
This booklet is the same size as the ones shown in the last two days. In the mid-1930s, Union Pacific offered two types of premiere trains: daily heavyweights such as the Los Angeles Limited and Portland Rose and (usually) less-than-daily … Continue reading
We’ve seen these little postcard-sized booklets before for the City of Denver, 49er, Pony Express, Portland Rose, City of Los Angeles, and many other trains. While the Book of Trains was published at least five years before this one, this … Continue reading
This booklet is the same size and appears to be in the same series of Union Pacific name-train booklets shown here before, including booklets for the streamliners, premiere trains such as the Los Angeles Limited, and cars such as the … Continue reading
Now that I am finished with the somewhat distasteful task of posting what Bronze Age (Amtrak & VIA) memorabilia I have in my collection, I can get back to what is left of my Silver and Golden Age collection. Today, … Continue reading
People today generally view competition as a good thing, but a century ago businessmen usually preceded the word “competition” with “ruinous,” as too much competition prevented corporations from earning profits. At that time, Britain had more than 100 railway companies, … Continue reading