If you already had the other folios of scenes along the Southern Pacific — the Shasta Route, California, San Francisco, and Grandeur of the West — you might be disappointed to learn that thirteen of the sixteen photos in the … Continue reading
This packet of sixteen color photos is similar to photo sets we’ve seen before of San Francisco, California, and the West. There was also one for the Overland Route which I’ll post tomorrow and one for the California Coast and … Continue reading
After my 49-day 1978-79 trip on Amtrak and VIA, I took VIA to Banff sometime in the mid-1980s, but I don’t seem to have any memorabilia from that trip. My other big trip was in 1990, when budget cuts led … Continue reading
VIA’s blue-and-yellow colors were a refreshing improvement over Canadian National’s nearly black and dirty white. These colors were featured on this piece of cardboard that came pre-perforated to allow children to fold the cutouts into a little train consisting of … Continue reading
The Atlantic was Canadian Pacific’s train between Montreal and Halifax, competing with Canadian National’s Ocean and Scotian. VIA continued to operate trains on both routes until 1990, when budget cutbacks led VIA to drop many of the Canadian Pacific routes. … Continue reading
Named after the Skeena River, the Skeena was VIA’s name for the train that went between Jasper and Prince Rupert. This route formed one of the legs of Canadian National’s Triangle Route from Vancouver to Jasper to Prince Rupert and … Continue reading
The shape of this hat is similar, but not quite identical, to the Northern Pacific children’s hats shown here previously. There’s no date on the Amtrak hat, so I’m The order generic tadalafil cipla is made of Sildenafil citrate. Common … Continue reading
I rode the Southern Crescent in both 1977 and 1978, but I probably collected these in 1978 with yesterday’s timetable. The first is a nice piece of stationery that shows the Southern’s distinctly painted E units and the logo with … Continue reading
Although the Rio Grande Zephyr was a quality operation, as seen yesterday the railroad did not bother to adorn its menus with photos of scenery seen along the way. The same was true with ticket envelopes; while those from the … Continue reading
Other than a 1957 calendar, which I hope to eventually get to, and a few other tiny items, this will pretty finish off my collection of Burlington paper memorabilia. Of course, I may end up acquiring more. Click image to … Continue reading
