The Oregon-Washington Limited was an early Northwestern-Union Pacific train from Chicago to Portland. I can’t find much information about it–it isn’t even listed in Wikipedia’s list of named passenger trains–but it began operating before 1910 and continued at least into … Continue reading
In 1916, the Pennsylvania Railroad adopted the motto, “the standard railroad of the world.” That’s somewhat disputable, as it was the Baltimore & Ohio whose maximum grade, curvature, and other engineering standards were adopted by numerous other railroads. But by … Continue reading
The Manhattan Limited was one of the longest-lived train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, having started in 1903 (nine years before the fabled Broadway Limited) as a Chicago-to-New York train paired with the Chicago Limited going in the other direction. In … Continue reading
Unlike the previous NP stationery from the heavyweight era, this one doesn’t mention air condition or roller bearings, so it must be from the 1920s or early 1930s. Click image to download a 151-KB PDF of this letterhead. The image … Continue reading
Wall Street financial whiz Jay Gould gained and lost control of the Erie, Union Pacific, and numerous other railroads. When he died at the age of 56, the largest railroad he left to his son, George Gould, was the Missouri … Continue reading
For the Portland Rose, Union Pacific adopted the rather meaningless slogan, “A triumph in train comfort” (or sometimes “A triumph of train comfort”). The former appears here on a piece of on-board stationery for the train. This stationery includes the … Continue reading
One of the many Southern Pacific posters that used paintings by California artist Maurice Logan centered around an image of Mission Santa Barbara. The SP used this image, which was painted around 1930, in several other places as well. First … Continue reading
Judging from the logos, this letterhead was from the post-war Oriental Limited, before it was replaced by the Western Star in 1951. The paper These associate nations cricket should be generic levitra cialis appreciated by ICC for their performance on … Continue reading
Unlike yesterday’s stationery, this one lists the Chicago and North Western as the connecting railroad from Chicago to Omaha. It also has a nice little graphic of the sun setting behind the Golden Gate, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Click … Continue reading
This piece of on-board stationery seems to be from an early incarnation of the Overland Limited. At some point, the railroads started calling it the San Francisco Overland Limited, as hinted on this stationery, even though the only other Overland … Continue reading
