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This is one of my favorite brochures and I had intended to use it when I first mentioned the Western Star more than three years ago. But I wasn’t satisfied with the scans I had made of it, and I … Continue reading
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Three years after the previous brochure for this train, this brochure indicates that GN had replaced E units with F units and, more important, reduced frequencies from three trains a day to two. Where before there was one train each … Continue reading
Here’s a 1957 update of the 1951 brochure that we’ve previously seen for Great Northern’s Seattle-Vancouver streamlined trains. The 1951 version was twice as big and had large color illustrations of train interiors while this one has small black-and-white (actually, … Continue reading
Inaugurated in 1937, the Rock Island-Southern Pacific Californian was an attempt to compete with the Union Pacific Challenger in the Chicago-Los Angeles market. In other words, it was a low-cost train with tourist sleepers rather than Pullmans and low-cost meals … Continue reading
This 1955 brochure describes the post-war City of Denver, which featured a dining car decorated with cities-to-plains murals, an Old English pub served by red-jacketed waiters, and a blunt-end observation lounge car. The brochure is decorated with color photos and … Continue reading
We’ve seen a 1934 brochure featuring the M-10000 given out at the 1934 Chicago World’s Fair, and another 1934 brochure given out after that fair that mentioned that, “A second train, incorporating sleeping cars, is under construction.” When delivered, that … Continue reading
This 1953 brochure briefly describes the amenities found on Pennsylvania’s “frequent, convenient, dependable trains.” The brochure specifically lists seven New York-Chicago trains, four New York/Washington-St. Louis trains, and one each between Washington & Chicago, New York/Washington & Detroit, New York … Continue reading
This 16-page booklet is for Pennsylvania’s secondary New York-Chicago train that, on almost any other railroad, would be the premiere train. Like the Broadway, the General was an all-Pullman train, with accommodations up to and including the master room, the … Continue reading
This brochure advertises the same train as yesterday’s booklet. Both have the same date–March, 1949–and use many of the same illustrations. But this one doesn’t have a lot of imitation gold, which might actually improve its appearance while making it … Continue reading
Here’s a lavish, 24-page booklet describing the 1949 edition of the Broadway Limited in detail. The booklet’s imitation gold trim conveys the notion that passengers on the train are still living in the golden age of rail travel. Most of … Continue reading