Only one of these blotters has the escorted tours logo on it, but all are of the same vintage. Since Burlington Escorted Tours began in 1925 and one of the blotters mentions the Denver Limited–a train that was replaced in … Continue reading
This, the ninth in the same series of booklets described in yesterday’s post, discusses the mineral wealth of the Pacific Northwest. Nowadays, “Pacific Northwest” is used to refer to Oregon and Washington; but the railways that published this booklet expanded … Continue reading
The introduction to this 1924 booklet, which I scanned from the Spokane Public Library collection, notes that it is the eighth of the series of pamphlets published by the Burlington Route, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific railways “as part of … Continue reading
As previously noted, the Burlington celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1949, even though it previously had dated its founding to 1850. This booklet, which places the railroad’s 90th anniversary in 1940, is further evidence that it changed the birth year … Continue reading
Burlington’s last timetable before the Burlington Northern merger in March, 1970, showed a sad remnant of the railroad’s past passenger train glory. What had been a 24-page timetable barely three years before was now down to the equivalent of just … Continue reading
The Burlington timetable that had been 36 pages in 1948 was down to 24 pages in 1966. The major trains and routes were still there, but some secondary trains and most branch line trains were gone. Click image to download … Continue reading
The C&S timetable was reduced from 12 pages in the 1946 edition to eight pages in 1963. Yet the railroad still offered two trains a day between Denver and Dallas, trains 1 & 2, the Texas Zephyr, and trains 7 … Continue reading
Printed on ordinary (if slightly off-white) legal-sized (8-1/2″x14″) paper, this 1968 poster-brochure advertised a 15-day “Bonanza” tour to California and Las Vegas on one side and an 8-day “Paradise” tour to Colorado on the other. These tours were dramatically stripped … Continue reading
For 1964, instead of relying on tour buses to Rocky Mountain Park and other Colorado destinations, Burlington offered people a Hertz rental car for a week. While people were free to drive the car at whatever speed they wanted, they … Continue reading
For only $34 (about $200 today), the Burlington offered Chicagoans a two-day tour to Nauvoo, Illinois (an early Mormon settlement) and Hannibal, Missouri (boyhood home of Mark Twain). The weekend tours went via the Nebraska Zephyr to Burlington, bus to … Continue reading
