The Argonaut was a secondary train to the New Orleans-Los Angeles Sunset Limited that began operating in 1926. Discontinued in 1932, it was revived in 1936 and continued operating until 1958, after which it was a New Orleans-Houston train. A … Continue reading
The Apache was a joint Rock Island-Southern Pacific train that ran over the Golden State route between Chicago and Los Angeles from 1926 to 1938. A 1937 timetable posted by the Rock Island Technical Society actually shows three trains on … Continue reading
Starting in 1916, The Ranger was Santa Fe’s train between Chicago and Galveston, Texas, the same route as the streamlined Texas Chief. In the busy years during and right after the war, The Ranger might include three or four coaches … Continue reading
This piece of on-board stationery advertises “the air-conditioned North Coast Limited” with the added statement, “For 1000 miles-companion of mountains.” While Great Northern would later advertise that the Great Domed Empire Builder passed “more scenic miles,” Northern Pacific fans would … Continue reading
This stationery was made available to first-class passengers in the air-conditioned observation compartment car of the Winnipeg Limited, which operated between the Twin Cities and Winnipeg. As previously noted, only the first-class cars It is an overall male cialis generico … Continue reading
This piece of on-board stationery shows that the Pacific Limited advertised in yesterday’s brochure was an old train even in 1940. The stationery has logos for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, held in San Francisco in 1915 to celebrate the 1914 opening … Continue reading
In 1967, rival railroads Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line merged to become the Seaboard Coast Line. This merger was justified on the grounds that it would reduce operating costs by allowing the railroads to shut down duplicate routes … Continue reading
This oddly off-center letterhead served four different trains: the Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, and Alton Limited, all of which connected Chicago with St. Louis; and the Gulf Coast Rebel, between St. Louis and Mobile. The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad … Continue reading
The Georgian began life in November, 1946 as a six-car (four coaches, diner, and tavern-lounge) streamlined day train built by American Car & Foundry that operated between St. Louis and Atlanta. This route was apparently not particularly successful, however, and … Continue reading
The Mainstreeter was really little more than the Northern Pacific’s previous secondary train, the Alaskan, but with Diesel power and a somewhat faster schedule. Yet the schedule was still slower than the Western Star, requiring almost ten more hours to … Continue reading
