Burlington published these smaller-than-postcard sized timetables in the 1960s. The tables show that the railroad operated three trains a day over the 195 miles between Kansas City and Omaha. Some of those trains connected with other trains to Lincoln. Click … Continue reading
Along with yesterday’s note pads came another note pad that I am pretty sure wasn’t issued by a railroad. I’m including it here both to warn people against fakes and to laud whoever did this for their creativity. I’m not … Continue reading
In 1952, Burlington inaugurated the daytime Kansas City Zephyr and overnight American Royal Zephyr, hoping that the inclusion of dome cars would help it to compete with Santa Fe’s six trains a day between Chicago and Kansas City. It didn’t … Continue reading
“There’s no vacation like a western vacation,” proclaims the vacation guide side of this brochure. It includes a few paragraphs and two or three black-and-white photos on each of the major tourist destinations accessed by Burlington trains: Colorado Rockies, Yellowstone, … Continue reading
This is an elegant little menu for an elegant little motor train. An image of Mark Twain apparently groping a rather alarmed-looking Huck Finn (or perhaps Tom Sawyer) is deeply embossed on the cover. The menu is all printed on … Continue reading
The Burlington used this photo of a tour boat on St. Mary Lake in front of the Going to the Sun Chalets on blotters and a postcard. Burlington also used this style of menu with a painting of Rocky Mountain … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1922 Burlington booklet about Colorado and Utah that proclaimed the two states were “America’s Playground for Americans.” This one, which says the same thing, is from 1926. The two share some of the same black-and-white photos, … Continue reading
We’ve seen this menu cover before, but it was from a blank menu so I posted just a JPEG of the cover. Today’s is a complete menu dated October, 1969. As I’ve noted before, the Budd Company, which built the … Continue reading
When I first saw this cover on a 1950 menu, I thought it was very pretty, but I couldn’t afford it. The railroad must have had some extra stock left over when it printed this menu for a Burlington Route … Continue reading
In the immediate post-war years, Burlington issued menus featuring scenes from Glacier and Rocky Mountain national parks as well as other scenic areas along its route. This photo of Yellowstone Falls on this one seems to be accompanied by a … Continue reading
