The Southern had three different trains between Washington and New Orleans in 1966, each following different routes. The Crescent and the Southerner each went through Atlanta, but the former went through Montgomery and the latter Birmingham. The Pelican went through … Continue reading
On the day after Christmas in 1960, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Munsell and a third person took a trip from Portland to Los Angeles, via Martinez, and back. This ticket envelope says they left Portland at 7:45 am, which would … Continue reading
The train portrayed on the front of this ticket envelope looks like the Empire Builder between 1955, when the dome cars were added to the train, and 1962, when GN simplified the locomotive color scheme by deleting the bottom orange … Continue reading
This colorful envelope features the full-length dome of the late-1950s Empire Builder. Someone apparently used this for a round-trip from Spokane to Chicago. Click image to download a PDF of this ticket envelope. Traveling in October, 1959, the round-trip fare … Continue reading
Passengers on the Golden State or another Rock Island train might get tickets in this ticket envelope, the gold color of which is possibly meant to be a reminder of the train name. Click image to download a PDF of … Continue reading
The five trains on the cover of this ticket envelope–really more of a ticket folder–is the first clue that it was for the 1947 Empire Builder, as Great Northern advertising made much of the fact that the railway had purchased … Continue reading
