Canadian National’s timetables dramatically shrunk in 1961. While the October 1960 timetable was still 84 pages, today’s is just 52 pages. In-between, the April 1961 timetable was 68 pages. Click image to download a 37.3-MB PDF of this 52-page timetable. … Continue reading
The back cover of this timetable advertises all-inclusive rates during the off-season on CN’s transcontinental trains. These rates included transportation, meals, and gratuities. A comparison of rates with those from yesterday’s winter 1958 timetable show that some of them were … Continue reading
The back cover ad on this timetable is identical to the one on the April 1957 edition, which showed interior photos of CN coach, sleeping, dining, and lounge cars. At least the October 1957 back cover ad rearranged the photos, … Continue reading
When the original Jasper Lodge burned to the ground in 1952, CN hastily erected a new, more modern building. Today we have two menus featuring the lounge in that building. Though we have seen one of them before, the other … Continue reading
The first menu today features New Brunswick’s Restigouche River, “a famous salmon stream.” The Restigouche was also featured on a 1955 menu that had a different photo and different cover design. Today’s menu is from 1958 and was used for … Continue reading
Today we have two dining car menus whose covers we’ve seen before. The first shows Minaki Lodge in western Ontario. While it is undated, the previous example we’ve seen was on a 1949 lunch menu. This one is probably from … Continue reading
Today we have two Jasper Lodge menus showing the same photograph. While that sounds boring, it is always interested to compare the menus. Click image to download a 343-KB PDF of this menu contributed by Brian Leiteritz. The first is … Continue reading
Here is yet another Canadian National menu featuring the golf course associated with Jasper Lodge. Unlike the 1951 and 1953 menus shown here a few days ago, we haven’t previously seen the photograph featured on this menu. Click image to … Continue reading
Although the Super Continental was CN’s premiere train, a case can be made that the Ocean Limited actually held this title as it was CN’s only all-sleeping car train. The train took about 36 hours between Montreal and Halifax and … Continue reading
In 1956, CN reduced the size its timetables from 88 to 84 pages, a size it would maintain through the rest of the 1950s. A number of branchline trains were apparently dropped: I mentioned two days ago that the 1954 … Continue reading
