This menu has the same front cover (with the substitution of “Luncheon” for “Breakfast”) as yesterday’s, and the same back cover as well. Instead of advertising Burlington trains or destinations, the back cover is a 650-word editorial from the Association … Continue reading
This menu is from the collection of the New York Public Library, which misdates it to 1943 based on a statement that the menu prices comply with Office of Price Administration regulations issued in that year. In fact, the menu … Continue reading
This brochure was apparently aimed at Minnesotans and Wisconsinites, as it included schedules and fares for taking one of the Twin Cities Zephyrs from the Twin Cities to Chicago, and then the Denver Zephyr to Colorado or California Zephyr to … Continue reading
This brochure describes an 8-day (really, 7-day) tour from Chicago to Colorado. Two nights are spent aboard the Denver Zephyr, two nights in Rocky Mountain National Park, and three nights in Colorado Springs. This was an “independent tour” rather than … Continue reading
I call this a brochure, but it is probably really intended for use as a poster. It folds into eight panels like many brochures, but it is printed only on one side, like a poster. Sometimes, the passage that carries … Continue reading
Burlington offered Chicago residents three one- and two-day tours every weekend during the summer of 1964. One tour went 239 miles up the Mississippi River on the Twin Zephyrs to Prairie du Chien, where passengers had about 6-1/2 hours to … Continue reading
Published fourteen years after yesterday’s booklet, this one has a bright new cover. But inside, so little has changed that I almost didn’t bother to scan it. The first 40 pages have text that is nearly identical to the 1948 … Continue reading
Here’s Burlington’s answer to Union Pacific’s color-photo Colorado booklet. The Burlington booklet has a brilliant color cover whose location I don’t recognize. But in contrast to the numerous color photos in the UP booklet, the Burlington version has just black-and-white … Continue reading
By 1938, the Burlington Escorted Tours booklet had grown to 72 pages, plus the covers. I count 25 regular tours (including four Alaska tours that are now weekly through much of the summer), plus eight “bargain tours” (which provide tourist … Continue reading
This is an example of the fully illustrated booklets that were mentioned in the introductions to the 1927 and 1928 “outline sketch” versions. The 1927 edition said that the fully illustrated version was 48 pages; the 1928 edition said 56 … Continue reading
