This is one of the first post-war timetables, and the nation was still demobilizing its armed forces. A full-page ad on the back encouraged people to “don’t give up” planning a trip just because the trains are full of “thousands … Continue reading
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Here’s a timetable that actually puts the title cover on the front instead of the back. We’ve previously seen a June 1939 Union Pacific timetable (also contributed by Tim Zukas) that also put the title on the front, so UP … Continue reading
Union Pacific introduced the Challenger in mid-May 1935, about the same time as it inaugurated the City of Los Angeles. It followed the Los Angeles Limited by just five minutes all the way from Chicago to L.A. and back. While … Continue reading
Union Pacific introduced the City of Los Angeles on May 15, 1936, and the City of San Francisco on June 14. But it used the front cover of this timetable to feature the City of Denver, which was inaugurated on … Continue reading
Boulder Dam, “the newest of the wonÂders of the West served by Union Pacific’s famous trancontinental [sic] trains,” would not be completed until 1936, but it was complete enough in mid-1935 that Union Pacific could put a photograph of people … Continue reading
The streamliner City of Portland made its inaugural run on June 6, 1935, so this is the first UP timetable since that date. The full-page ad on the front announces “a new era in transcontinental travel,” and for once the … Continue reading
The promises of the 1933 Century of Progress were becoming reality when this timetable (contributed by Tim Zukas) was published. The front cover has a full-page ad saying that Union Pacific was spending “more than $2 million” to add air … Continue reading
The full-page ad on the cover of this timetable (contributed by Tim Zukas) promotes the 1933 Century of Progress exposition. However, it never uses that name, simply calling it the 1933 World’s Fair and “the event of the century.” The … Continue reading
This timetable from Streamliner Memories reader Tim Zukas, like yesterday’s, has two half-page ads on the front cover while the cover shown below is the back cover. One of the half-page ads is for the Los Angeles Limited, which the … Continue reading
As usual in these Union Pacific timetables contributed by Tim Zukas, the cover shown below is the back cover, while this timetable’s front cover is divided into two half-page ads. One promotes a soda fountain in the “limousine-lounge car” of … Continue reading