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
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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
In October, 1947, when this menu was issued, the City of San Francisco had long replaced the Overland Limited as the premiere train on the route. The Overland was no longer an extra-fare, all-Pullman train, and UP/SP had mixed streamlined … Continue reading
Unlike yesterday’s stationery, this one lists the Chicago and North Western as the connecting railroad from Chicago to Omaha. It also has a nice little graphic of the sun setting behind the Golden Gate, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Click … Continue reading
This piece of on-board stationery seems to be from an early incarnation of the Overland Limited. At some point, the railroads started calling it the San Francisco Overland Limited, as hinted on this stationery, even though the only other Overland … Continue reading
“With the single exception of its eastern counterpart The 20th Century Limited,” wrote Lucius Beebe, the Overland Limited was for a period of time “the most radiant and celebrated train name in America.” Where the Century survived as a premiere … Continue reading
Here’s a menu that was probably used on a Southern Pacific heavyweight train in December, 1940. The menu’s small size (5-1/2″x8-1/2″) was typical of SP’s menus other than those used on the City of San Francisco, which were sized the … Continue reading
The Argonaut was a secondary train to the New Orleans-Los Angeles Sunset Limited that began operating in 1926. Discontinued in 1932, it was revived in 1936 and continued operating until 1958, after which it was a New Orleans-Houston train. A … Continue reading
The Apache was a joint Rock Island-Southern Pacific train that ran over the Golden State route between Chicago and Los Angeles from 1926 to 1938. A 1937 timetable posted by the Rock Island Technical Society actually shows three trains on … Continue reading