The S.S. Dixie was built in 1928 and used by the Southern Pacific to carry passengers from its rail terminus in New Orleans to New York City. As described in this issue of West, it had a swimming pool, a … Continue reading
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Although the cover is bare of anything except the 1940 Golden Gate Exposition logo, inside this brochure are ten beautiful color images of what travelers might see on their Southern Pacific trips to and from the expo (plus one of … Continue reading
This issue of West is the second to advertise southern Arizona as a winter destination. The first one was undated but was from late 1940; I guessed December. This one is marked September, 1941, so I now suspect the first … Continue reading
“Five More!” brags the cover of this issue of West, referring to five new streamlined trains being put into service by Southern Pacific. Two of these were for the overnight Lark, two were the San Joaquin Daylights, and the fifth … Continue reading
This brochure promotes the Playa De Cortés (Cortés Beach) Hotel and travel to Mexico in general on SP’s route down the West Coast of that nation. The brochure is undated, but it does say that the hotel will open “starting … Continue reading
Many people have heard of the Beartooth Highway, advertised by the Northern Pacific as the Red Lodge High Road, which connects Red Lodge with Cooke City and the northeast entrance to Yellowstone. Roving reporter Charles Kuralt called it “the most … Continue reading
Between 1959 and 1964, Great Northern put out a series of what I call tiny brochures because they folded up into about the size of a postcard. I’ve collected 21 of them which I am pretty sure is all of … Continue reading
Each year from at least 1926 to 1941, GN and its partner railroads, NP and Burlington, produced a thick booklet, such as this one from 1937, describing escorted tours to destinations along their lines. This is a small brochure from … Continue reading
We’ve seen a booklet with the same cover as this one from 1950. This one is dated 1955. For the first 33 pages, there are almost no differences between the two. Even the graphic of a steam-powered passenger train on … Continue reading
We’ve seen booklets with this cover before from 1948 and 1962. This one is from the middle of that range, 1955. The text and graphics in all three are similar, but many of the photos were changed over the years. … Continue reading