The Tidewater was a short-lived train that went from Newport News, Virginia to New York City only on Fridays and Sundays. Leaving Newport News at 4 pm, the train complemented the Colonial, which departed Newport News daily at 7 am. … Continue reading
Amtrak’s New York-to-Florida trains–the Silver Meteor and Silver Star–were some of its most popular overnight routes, and in 1972 1985 Amtrak encouraged people on these trains to go first class, meaning by sleeping car. As described in this brochure, first-class … Continue reading
This brochure is almost exactly the same as a 1961 edition shown here previously. But this one is dated June 10, 1956, nearly a month before Santa Fe’s Budd-built hi-level cars went into service on the El Capitan. Click image … Continue reading
This undated brochure gives the address of the Rio Grande’s office building as “Denver 2, Colorado.” That building is in zip code 80202. However, the 1962 timetable listed it as “Denver 17, Colorado,” suggesting that the Post Office changed the … Continue reading
Long after other railroads had replaced steam with Diesel and wooden coaches with steel, the Rio Grande continued to operate the Silverton as a tourist train. The silver ink on the cover of this brochure, which is both an advertisement … Continue reading
Using the fourth set of streamlined Zephyr equipment made for the Burlington, this train was inaugurated in October, 1935 between St. Louis and Burlington, where it connected with the Aristocrat. In keeping with the theme, the power car was named … Continue reading
Great Northern introduced a new Oriental Limited in 1924, and this brochure advertises its first birthday. I photographed the brochure at the Minnesota History Center, which doesn’t allow the use of scanners, so there are some slight parallax issues. Click … Continue reading
The cover of this brochure resembles this … Continue reading
These two brochures were stuffed into the same folder as yesterday’s Aristocrat brochure. The Blackhawk was an overnight train between Chicago and the Twin Cities and, unlike the Aristocrat, remained on the timetable for many years after the introduction of … Continue reading
In 1930, Burlington introduced three new trains on some of its premiere routes: Chicago-Denver, Chicago-Twin Cities, and Chicago-Omaha-Lincoln. Since 1930 was Burlington’s 80th year of operation, these were billed as the “Anniversary Fleet,” which was a bit of ridiculous hype … Continue reading
