Yesterday’s 1939 timetable had a four-page insert of large ads, plus full-page ads on the inside and outside back covers. We’ve previously seen a 1940 timetable with the same arrangement. Yet today’s 1944 timetable has no large ads, and even … Continue reading
The Burlington was quite the hopping railroad in 1939. The back cover of this timetable advertises the “fast, new” Exposition Flyer, which was operated “on a schedule planned to give a panorama of western scenery by daylight.” Inside the covers … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1932 booklet describing 23 dude ranches and lodges in “Buffalo Bill country,” meaning in and around Cody, Wyoming. This one is from 1925 and includes 15 dude ranches and lodges, 10 of which are also in … Continue reading
Issued just six months after yesterday’s condensed timetable, not much changed between the two. As a complete timetable, this one provides more details that were omitted from yesterday’s, but not enough to answer any of the questions raised yesterday, such … Continue reading
Burlington’s condensed timetables of the 1950s had ten tables, led by the Chicago-Denver corridor in table 1. This table shows six zephyrs and three other trains: two going as far as Galesville (and continuing on to Kansas City), one as … Continue reading
Today’s menu features a painting of Yellowstone Falls glued on the front cover. While it is a pretty painting, the colors don’t look anything like the actual colors of the rocks around Yellowstone Falls, which makes me think the artist … Continue reading
Veterans of the 33rd Division going to the 1938 American Legion convention were served lunch from this menu, which has a photograph of a Colorado lake glued on the cover. Unfortunately, I don’t immediately recognize the lake. Click image to … Continue reading
The 33rd Division was the 33rd Infantry Division, formed from the Illinois National Guard in 1917 for service in the Great War. Members of the division received nine Medals of Honor during the war. “Black and gold” refers to the … Continue reading
This came with yesterday’s menu, but yesterday’s was a breakfast menu and this is for dinner, so they were probably collected on the same trip. The paper clip mark at the top of this menu shows that it was once … Continue reading
After the Union Pacific’s post-war color photo menus, the largest series of dining car menus on a U.S. railroad was probably the Rio Grande’s glue-on photo menus, of which I’ve so far found 35. Since the Rio Grande menus are … Continue reading
