Here’s another in the same series of booklets shown in the last four days that is probably modeled on a prewar Union Pacific booklet. Though this one is dated 1951, the same as yesterday’s about Yellowstone, it has some significant … Continue reading
Unlike the booklets from last three days, we’ve haven’t seen this one before. But since it advertises a region accessed by Union Pacific, no doubt there is a version with Union Pacific’s name on the cover instead of C&NW. Also … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s booklet, we’ve seen this one before, only the previous one was marked for Union Pacific instead of Chicago and North Western System and was dated 1945 while this one is 1947. Click image to download an 18.0-MB PDF … Continue reading
We’ve seen this booklet before, only the previous one was marked for “The Progressive Union Pacific” while this is “Chicago and North Western System.” The UP edition appears to be dated 1941 while this one is from 1947. Click image … Continue reading
In the nineteenth century, railroads were more interested in attracting settlers to the regions they served so they would have some customers for goods the settlers grew, made, or needed. By the twentieth century, railroad advertising was transitioning to focus … Continue reading
Using steam locomotives and heavyweight cars, the Chicago & Northwestern introduced the 400 in 1935 to compete with the Burlington Twin Zephyrs on the Chicago-Twin Cities route. In 1939, it re-equipped the train with Diesels and streamlined cars. Click image … Continue reading
This menu cover was designed especially for breakfast and promises milk from cows, eggs from chickens, bacon from pigs, and maybe there’s a wheat or corn field somewhere to provide cereal. Of course, there’s a C&NW 400 train in the … Continue reading
The Chicago & North Western served Mount Rushmore with trains from Chicago to Rapid City, South Dakota. The trains terminated at Mount Rushmore, so people would have to make a special trip as opposed to stopping off on their way … Continue reading
Everyone loves to wave at trains as they go by, perhaps to remind ourselves of our mutual humanity while wishing that we ourselves were on the train going somewhere. Of course, some of the people on this train might wish … Continue reading
In late 1906, the Chicago & North Western completed its line to Lander, Wyoming, which may have been part of an effort for the railway to reach the Pacific. In late 1907, Union Pacific built a line to what is … Continue reading
