Like the William Crooks booklet, this brochure is undated but must have been published in about 1929 because the cover picture shows locomotive 2552, a 4-8-4 that was delivered that year. If the booklet had been published a year or … Continue reading
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Slightly marred by punch holes and sexism, this 1940 brochure invites “girls and men” to take the Great Northern Railway to a Montana, Idaho, Washington, or Oregon dude ranch. The brochure devotes a page to Glacier Park, four pages to … Continue reading
This incomplete document seems to be a mock-up for a brochure advertising Glacier Park hotels. The person I acquired it from thought it was from about 1916, which is possible as the three hotels mentioned were all built by that … Continue reading
The war was over and the streamlined Empire Builder was still a year away, but Great Northern was advertising its trains to Glacier National Park with this orange-and-blue brochure. While the orange foreshadows GN streamlined trains, it results in rather … Continue reading
This brochure advertises both Glacier National Park and the Golden Gate Exposition, which was held in both 1939 and 1940. The Great Northern Railway went by Glacier, of course, but no closer to San Francisco than Portland. But railroads never … Continue reading
While Greyhound was one company that had an interest in, and eventually absorbed, a number of other companies operating under the Greyhound name, Trailways was never more than a loose association of separate companies that attempted to coordinate their schedules … Continue reading
Rail passenger ridership peaked in 1920 and started a steady decline thereafter interrupted only by World War II. Early buses were one competitor for rail riders, and more than two dozen railroads responded by starting their own bus companies in … Continue reading
By 1950, the Rio Grande no longer operated a train called the Panoramic, but it retained the name “Panoramic Views” in this updated brochure featuring streamliners and dome cars. As with the 1930s edition of the brochure, this one is … Continue reading
The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad justifiably called itself “the scenic line of the world,” but its main east-west route from Pueblo to Salt Lake City by-passed Denver and lacked convenient connections with Chicago. Meanwhile, the Denver & Salt … Continue reading
The lack of four-color photos in this brochure advertising tourist cabins initially led me to think it was from the 1930s. But in fact it is dated March 1955, when the Western Star was the Great Northern’s train to the … Continue reading