This timetable unfolds to six 8″x9″ panels, the equivalent of one-fourth of the 1937 Sunset-Golden State timetable. Two of the six panels are devoted to westbound Sunset/Golden State trains and two eastbound. A fifth panel shows the West Coast of … Continue reading
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This edition of West is undated and offers few clues about its date. The back cover photo is identical to the front cover photo of a 1940 issue, which seems tacky but also hints that some time must have passed. … Continue reading
This is another undated issue of West, but it does say that the Beaver is a popular train to which SP will add more streamlined cars “this summer.” Since a previous edition informed us that the Beaver began operating in … Continue reading
Though this issue of West is undated, it offers a clue by showing a picture of the City of San Francisco with the caption saying, “The second City of San Francisco will start early in July.” Since that train began … Continue reading
Although this is another undated issue, my guess would be February or April, 1941. The photos are all in color, which suggests a 1941 date rather than 1940, and I’ve seen the March, 1941 issue, which features Shasta Dam. Click … Continue reading
This edition of West is undated and there is nothing inside to indicate even a year. As promised on the cover, pages 2 and 3 focus on New Orleans, while page 4 briefly depicts other sites on the Sunset Route, … Continue reading
Yesterday’s edition of West had the month and year in the masthead, but this one does not. It encourages people to go to the 52nd Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, which took place in 1941, as well as other events … Continue reading
The big change between this and the previous Shasta timetable is the addition of the Beaver. As mentioned yesterday, this was an economy train that was to the all-Pullman Cascade what the Challenger was to the Los Angeles Limited, the … Continue reading
Under the name of West, Southern Pacific once published a series of monthly brochures whose covers looked like magazines, but each was just four pages long. All of the issues I have or have seen are from 1940 through 1942; … Continue reading
Here’s a dinner menu to go along with yesterday’s lunch. The cover shows the expo on Treasure Island along with the Bay and Golden Gate bridges, pride in which was the real excuse for the fair. Click image to download … Continue reading