Here’s another mystery brochure about the Empire Builder, the mystery being when it was published. Unusual for pre-war Great Northern brochures, both the front and back covers have color photos (actually, colorized versions of black-and-white photos–a black-and-white version of the … Continue reading
The Hi-Level El Capitan was just three years away when Santa Fe printed this colorful brochure advertising the streamliner of that name. Despite the fact that the streamliner had been in service for 15 years, not a single photo is … Continue reading
The California Limited began operating as Santa Fe’s premiere train in 1892 and continued on the timetable until 1954–though superseded as the railway’s top train by the Chief in 1926. The California Limited was an all-Pullman seven-car train aimed at … Continue reading
In response to the addition of the Empire Builder to the Great Northern’s timetable in 1939, the Northern Pacific completely re-equipped the North Coast Limited in 1930. As the Northwest’s only all-Pullman train, the North Coast Limited had a cachet … Continue reading
From 1926 to 1954, Union Pacific operated an overnight train between Denver and Salt Lake City called the Pony Express. This 1937 brochure describes the features of this train, including the diner, the club-observation car with its “curly maple” woodwork … Continue reading
Dated April, 1955–just one month after yesterday’s brochure–this one actually has a photo demonstrating the advantage of the “divan-type seating” in the dome, which is that more than two people can sit side-by-side in the seats provided one is a … Continue reading
Great Northern distributed this slightly-smaller-than-tabloid-sized newspaper at the 1949 Chicago Rail Fair. However, a note at the top states that this particular edition was printed after the fair and admits that “a minor portion” of the paper “is obsolete due … Continue reading
The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad acquired its first streamlined cars from Pullman in 1949 and used them on at least two of its trains from Bangor into northern Maine. One train was called the Aroostook Flyer and the other was … Continue reading
The Boston & Maine had a rail line from Boston to Portland. The Maine Central had a line from Portland to Bangor. In 1935, the two railroads began operating a once-a-day streamliner between Boston and Bangor called the Flying Yankee … Continue reading
As previously described, the first Burlington streamlined trains to operate between Chicago and the Twin Cities were three-car trains nearly identical to the original Zephyr. When they entered service on April 21, 1935, demand greatly exceeded their capacity. So in … Continue reading
