Before the Union Pacific Railroad, and long before Bonneville Dam, there was a small portage railroad to get around some rapids in the Columbia River at what is now called Cascade Locks. Howard Fogg portrays this portage railroad in this … Continue reading
Although Howard Fogg’s painting celebrates the Union Pacific’s first crossing of the Missouri River, it is much less of an advertisement for that railroad than yesterday’s (and much less likely to invite invidious comparisons between Amtrak and its predecessors). Like … Continue reading
Amtrak made no effort to disguise the fact that this cover painting by Howard Fogg advertises the Union Pacific Railroad. The other side of the menu also has a small image of a Union Pacific E locomotive, but Amtrak has … Continue reading
To start the New Year, I’m beginning to post items from the Bronze Age of rail passenger travel. If the Golden Age was the age of heavyweight trains–roughly 1900 to 1930–and the Silver Age was the age of lightweight streamlined … Continue reading
