The unexpectedly high costs of building its Pacific Coast extension combined with unexpectedly low transcontinental freight business due to the opening of the Panama Canal put the St. Paul Road into receivership in 1925. Among other things, the receiver who … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1951 booklet with this same title. That one had a page or three each on Yellowstone, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and other Northwest destinations. Click image to download a 17.9-MB PDF of this 40-page booklet. This one … Continue reading
Here is the 1930 edition of the booklets from 1913 and 1925 that we saw a few days ago. This one has a much more attractive front cover than the 1925 edition, but the interior pages are not as nicely … Continue reading
The 1925 edition of Trail of the Olympian was substantially different from yesterday’s 1913 edition. The bright yellow covers were replaced with a dreary brown that attempted to feature the electrification that had taken place between the two editions. Inside, … Continue reading
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway produced this booklet, or one like it, for about 20 years. The earliest I have seen was from 1911; the latest from 1930. The booklets had 34 black-and-white photos that tended to change … Continue reading
The little girl on the 1963 calendar hasn’t aged in two years and is still carrying the same fresh-faced Teddy bear, whose eyes always seem to be looking in the same direction as the girl. Her slip is showing beneath … Continue reading
Starting at least as early as the 1930s and continuing at least through the 1960s, the Milwaukee Road had a beautiful series of illustrations that it used for calendars and other advertising. This was used on the 1963 calendar; unfortunately, … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a lunch menu with this cover that was dated 1965. This one is undated and some of the prices are a little higher and some a little lower than the 1965 menu, so I can’t tell whether … Continue reading
About two years ago, I presented a brochure advertising the 1938 Hiawatha. Here’s another brochure for the same train. The two are similar in many ways, but this one is older because it advertises only one train per day, while … Continue reading
“The Pacific Northwest is the most amazing region of America,” opens this 52-page booklet issued at a time when the Milwaukee Road was recovering from bankruptcy. While I’m sure people in other parts of the West, not to mention Alaska, … Continue reading
