About two years ago, I presented a brochure advertising the 1938 Hiawatha. Here’s another brochure for the same train. The two are similar in many ways, but this one is older because it advertises only one train per day, while … Continue reading
In 1954, Santa Fe added a full-length dome to its all-coach El Capitan. Just two years later, it replaced the Big Domes (as the railroad called them), along with the rest of the train, with Hi-Level cars. This 1954 brochure … Continue reading
This 1957 brochure is twice as big as the Kansas City Chief brochure shown here a couple of days ago, which is probably appropriate as the Texas Chief went almost three times as many miles. The brochure also doesn’t have … Continue reading
Although Burlington tried to compete with the Kansas City Zephyr, Santa Fe dominated the route between Chicago and Kansas City. This was partly because Kansas City was on the route for all of its Chicago-California and Chicago-Texas trains. Thus, the … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1941 booklet advertising the Exposition Flyer. Today’s brochure was published in 1939 to announce the inauguration of that train on June 10. The train, said the brochure, would offer “fast new thru train service” between Chicago … Continue reading
Yesterday’s brochure noted that the Twin Zephyrs were inaugurated in April, 1935, and each ran in the afternoon between Chicago and Minneapolis. By July, the trains had proven both reliable and popular enough for Burlington to schedule two daily round-trips. … Continue reading
This brochure was apparently handed out on a publicity run of the original Twin Zephyr from Minneapolis to Chicago, as it notes that “Jack Ford, who piloted the first Zephyr” on its 1934 Denver-to-Chicago record-breaking trip, “will accompany the new … Continue reading
This 1946 brochure introduces Louisville & Nashville’s Cincinnati-New Orleans all-coach streamliner. Built by American Car & Foundry with stainless steel trim, the train included a diner, tavern-lounge, and five coaches. Though it went about the same distance as Illinois Central’s … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a four-color brochure advertising the City of San Francisco dated November, 1955, or right after UP transferred its passenger trains from Chicago & North Western to Milwaukee Road. This one is dated August, 1955, and the only … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a glossy, four-color brochure advertising the City of Denver dated October, 1955. Here’s a much more modest brochure for the same train dated June, 1955. Click any images to download a 580-KB PDF of this menu. It … Continue reading
