Once again, my collection includes multiple copies of this brochure from different dates. We’ve previously seen a 1969 edition; here are two earlier editions. Click image to download a 2.9-MB PDF of this brochure. Above is the Fall, 1966 edition … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1968 version of this brochure. Here are two earlier versions. Click image to download a 2.9-MB PDF of this brochure. Above is the Spring, 1963 edition while below is the Spring, 1966 version of the brochure. … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1957 version of this brochure. Containing a timetable for the train, the brochure was apparently reissued with each new timetable, even though the timetable itself didn’t always changed. Click image to download a 2.9-MB PDF of … Continue reading
This particular edition of this guide was printed in 1963, but no doubt many similar ones were printed before that. It provides information about everything from the Traveler’s Rest car to the credit cards that were accepted on board the … Continue reading
This 1969 brochure is much like the 1968 one for the Chief. Were they all pink in 1964, like the San Francisco Chief brochure, or was pink reserved for San Francisco? PC users have largely cialis 10 mg started to … Continue reading
In 1968, when this brochure was published, Santa Fe operated the Chief as a sort of counterpoint to the Super Chief: where the latter left Chicago and Los Angeles in the evenings, the Chief left in the mornings. The Chief … Continue reading
Unlike the San Francisco Chief welcome-aboard brochure, which has four panels on each side, the Super Chief one only has three, mainly because–not having any coaches–they didn’t need to spend nearly two whole panels instructing coach passengers how to adjust … Continue reading
Here’s a brochure dated April, 1963, given to passengers on the San Francisco Chief. The four-panel brochure has the train’s schedule, highlights along the way, and what seems to be an overly lengthy description of how to adjust the coach … Continue reading
This little (2-3/4″x4-1/4″) booklet was given to passengers aboard the train that Grace Flandrau had described in relatively florid prose. By later standards, the 1924 Oriental Limited was fairly simple: baggage cars, coaches, tourist sleeping cars, a diner, first-class sleeping … Continue reading
Click image to download a PDF of this luggage tag. Passengers checking baggage on the hi-level El Capitan were given colorful baggage tags advertising the train. However, unless you had a lot of luggage, it wasn’t necessary to check it … Continue reading
