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
By the time this calendar was produced, the Milwaukee Road had repainted its entire passenger fleet from its traditional maroon-and-orange into Union Pacific’s Armour yellow and harbor mist grey. This scene is supposed to be in Montana’s Sixteen Mile Canyon. … Continue reading
This calendar, unlike yesterday’s, has the right color of trains for an early-’50s Milwaukee Road publication. I don’t see a signature on the illustration. In fact, I think it is a photograph with the people in the foreground heavily retouched … Continue reading
This calendar is an impossibility. The pad says it is for 1952, but the Milwaukee Road didn’t start handling the “City” trains until late 1955. Milwaukee started using the Flexi-Vans shown in the picture in international service in 1960. In … Continue reading
Before Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, there was Chicago Union Depot, which opened in 1881. The depot served joint owners Pennsylvania, Burlington, Chicago & Alton, and what is now called the Milwaukee Road but was then called the St. … Continue reading
