The San Francisco Overland Limited was one of Southern Pacific’s premiere trains. Yet this lunch menu is little more than an ordinary sheet of paper, slightly larger than 8-1/2″-by-11″, folded in thirds like a brochure. The menu is undated, but … Continue reading
Published in 1925, this booklet highlights all of California’s major attractions reached by SP: San Francisco before the Golden Gate Bridge; Monterey; Los Angeles; Carriso Gorge; San Diego; and Yosemite. The black-and-white photos are somewhat muddy but are large enough … Continue reading
This menu is undated, but the fact that it is for the Golden State Limited tells us that it from before 1947, as the train’s name was changed to just Golden State in that year. The prices on the menu … Continue reading
This was a set of ten different postcards, but I only have five of the set. The cards are linen and say nothing about a streamlined Shasta Daylight, so I would guess they were issued either right before or right … Continue reading
These postcards all show Southern Pacific streamlined trains. None appear to have been issued by SP, but most were probably issued with the railroad’s cooperation to be sold at newstands in various SP train stations. Click any image to download … Continue reading
These postcards all appear to have been issued before 1920, and all but one of them from before 1915. One of cards is Southern Pacific issue, while the others were probably issued with the cooperation of the railroad. Click any … Continue reading
Like other condensed timetables presented in the last couple of weeks, this one is just six panels long. But by 1966 those six panels display all of SP’s trains on all its routes: Sunset-Golden State take two panels; Coast, Overland, … Continue reading
On the day after Christmas in 1960, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Munsell and a third person took a trip from Portland to Los Angeles, via Martinez, and back. This ticket envelope says they left Portland at 7:45 am, which would … Continue reading
Here’s the 1953 edition of the 1949 timetable shown here a couple of days ago. All of the same trains are still on the timetable, though most of the times have changed slightly. Click image to download a 4.6-MB PDF … Continue reading
The 56-page 1947 timetable had shrunk to 48 pages by 1952. Pages for the Sunset-Golden State routes had gone from 14 to 13; the Overland Route from 5 to 4; the Shasta Route from 7 to 5; and California routes … Continue reading
