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Is this a note pad or is it a fake? We’ve seen the slogan, “America’s Most Modern Trains,” before, and the image on this page is of the Golden State Limited, but it is strange that the pad doesn’t mention … Continue reading
Category Archives: Southern Pacific
This packet of sixteen color photos is dated 1943. Photos include three Southern Pacific trains: the Coast Daylight, San Joaquin Daylight, and City of San Francisco (with the Union Pacific and Chicago & North Western logos airbrushed away from the … Continue reading
This menu is undated, and because it was for a group that evidently paid a fare that included meals, the meals are unpriced. An ebay dealer dates the menu to “c. 1915,” probably based on the clothing styles worn by … Continue reading
Here are five different menu covers from Southern Pacific trains. We’ve seen menus like these from the late 1930s through the early 1950s. Click image to download a 3.1-MB PDF showing five menu covers. The above photo shows the Hotel … Continue reading
A dealer posted a low-resolution image of this menu on ebay; ordinarily, I wouldn’t include it here but the story is too good not to tell. The menu cover says “Oregon State College Football Team Returning from Rose Bowl Game … Continue reading
This is a special menu serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shriners, who were on their way to Los Angeles for an annual convention. The only direct route between Pittsburgh and Los Angeles that would take the Southern Pacific would have been … Continue reading
The 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition led Western Pacific and its partner railroads to inaugurate the Exposition Flyer from Oakland to Chicago and Santa Fe to inaugurate the Valley Flyer to Bakersfield. Click image to download a 1.3-MB PDF of … Continue reading
As previously noted, the Southern Pacific was the last of the three “overland” railroads to actually use the name Overland Limited, as Union Pacific and Chicago & North Western began using the name no later than 1895 while SP did … Continue reading
Like a previous Southern Pacific ad, this is actually a brochure sent out to ticket and travel agents that consists mainly of a two-page ad that must have appeared in Saturday Evening Post or other magazines. The ad encourages people … Continue reading
One of the many Southern Pacific posters that used paintings by California artist Maurice Logan centered around an image of Mission Santa Barbara. The SP used this image, which was painted around 1930, in several other places as well. First … Continue reading