Monthly Archives: February 2014

Rio Grande Royal Gorge: postcard photo, c. 1960

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

The caption of this Rio Grande-logoed post card–postmarked Salt Lake City (1960, I believe, though the date is hard to read) and with a 2-cent stamp on it–reads: “Colorado’s highest peak and second highest in the nation is Mt. Elbert–14,231 … Continue reading →

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Rio Grande Prospector, Royal Gorge, Colorado Eagle, and Zephyr: folding brochure

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

This four-leaf folder was designed to highlight the fact that Rio Grande had domes. The domes protrude from the top of the folder. Note that the Colorado Eagle was in Missouri Pacific color scheme, being an MP train for most … Continue reading →

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Rio Grande Prospector

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

This brochure is from my collection. I met a man at a dinner party who rode the Prospector on business frequently. He told me that the diner-lounges on it were unusual in that the kitchen was in the center of … Continue reading →

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Baltimore and Ohio Streamliner Cincinnatian of the late ’40s, 1950s

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

\ Photo by Don Wood, reproduced here from an Audio-Visual Designs postcard captioned: “‘The Cincinnatian,’ train number 53 westbound from Toledo, makes a station and water stop at Deshler, O. The time was July 1956, just a few months before … Continue reading →

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Western Pacific freight diesel color scheme, 1942

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

Photo, Western Pacific; reproduced here from a post card distributed by Lyman E. Cox.

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New York Centrail James Whitcomb Riley, menu and photos

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

The two NYC photos below,  of a circular bar in a lounge car on the Riley and of an observation car, are reproduced here from Beebe & Clegg, The Trains We Rode. I rode the Riley twice, first in 1963, connecting from the Challenger … Continue reading →

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Illinois Central Land O’ Corn

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

While searching for Riley pictures, I came across this June 1965 Dale Jacobson shot of the Illinois Central Land O’ Corn at Rockford, IL. It’s reproduced here from a 1984 Potomac Chapter NRHS calendar.

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French Quarter Lounge, Southern Pacific Sunset Limited

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

This Southern Pacific publicity photo of the French Quarter Lounge on the Sunset Limited, which received its streamlined equipment in 1950, is reproduced from the wonderful, definitive work, The Sunset Limited, by Jarel, Ryan, and Signor. Below, I reproduce a … Continue reading →

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Southern Pacific Sunset Limited pages from Wonderful Ways West booklet, c. 1950

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann
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Sunset Limited Diner, Coffee Shop, and Lounge: close-ups

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

The Audubon Dining Room, above, the Pride of Texas Coffee Shop, below. The Tom Savio photos, below, of the Audubon Dining Room and the French Quarter Lounge, and the Southern Pacific photo of the Pride of Texas Coffee Shop are reproduced … Continue reading →

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