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Here are few items from the Milwaukee Road. One is from my collection, but most are just images I found on the web. Click image to download a 456-KB PDF of this envelope. First is this ticket envelope advertising the … Continue reading
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In 1974, Spokane held an international exposition to celebrate the relocation of Burlington Northern and Union Pacific tracks from directly through to around the downtown area. Unfortunately, this also meant the destruction of two of the city’s three train stations, … Continue reading
The Chesapeake & Ohio was the first railroad to order a 4-8-2 locomotive in 1911. That locomotive and tender weighed about 549,000 pounds and developed about 58,000 pounds of tractive effort. Rival Baltimore & Ohio did not try this wheel … Continue reading
Here are five postcards from two different eras featuring the Denver & Rio Grande railroads. The first three were printed in Germany, which dates them to before World War I. Click any image to download a PDF of that postcard. … Continue reading
Issued by Curt Teich, this folder contains about 22 color lithographs (including two on the covers), half of which show the Rio Grande portion of the route and the other half the Western Pacific. The quality of the images is … Continue reading
This postcard folder must have been issued shortly after 1934, when the Dotsero Cutoff allowed trains through the Moffat Tunnel to connect to Rio Grande tracks to Grand Junction and Salt Lake City. Soon after that year, the Rio Grande … Continue reading
This postcard folder was issued before the Denver & Rio Grande became the Denver & Rio Grande Western, which means before 1920. It is probably from before 1909, when the Western Pacific (which was financed by the Rio Grande) was … Continue reading
This ticket envelope was printed in November, 1961. It was used by a Portlander named Paul Munsell who took the North Coast Limited to Chicago, then an Illinois Central train to Rantoul, Illinois. For some reason, on the return trip, … Continue reading
Although this pre-war booklet has a nice four-color photo on the cover, all of the interior photos are black-and-white. Despite the lack of color inside (other than some yellow trim), the booklet is a good balance between showing the sights … Continue reading
While much of NP’s advertising and postcards focused on Yellowstone, the end of its rails was in the Pacific Northwest so naturally it issued many cards from that region. Click any image to download a PDF of that postcard. NP … Continue reading