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Alaska Railroad Ski Train During the long Alaska winters, the ARR runs Ski Triains between An- chorage and Girdwood, 40 miles to the South. Mt. Aleyeka, pictured above, is the largest ski resort in Alaska and here, the Ski Train is sit- ting just south of the mountain after several hundred skiers detrained for a day on the slopes or cross country trails in the area.


Minnesota Commercial “Belt Job” Minnesota Commercial operates a daily transfer between its St. Paul Yard indus- tries in the northern suburbs including Roseville, New Brighton, Fridley and Arden Hills. On a cold December day, Minnesota Commercial #75, a 3600 hp B36-7, leads the Belt transfer through New Brighton with a long string of industry cars.


The original “California Zephyr’ The first California Zephyr was inaugurated around 1949 as a vista domed luxury liner operating between Chicago and San Francisco. The very first transcontinen- tal vista domed streamliner was scheduled to run daylight hours through the scenic Rocky Mountains and the Feather River Canyon in California. The name “Zephyr” is greek for “Goddess of the West Wind” and was adopted by the Burlington Rail- road for many of its named trains. This train operated in a joint partnership between the Burlington, Rio Grande and Western Pacific Railroads and lasted almost to the advent of Amtrak, who adopted the name California Zephyr for its Chicago – San Francisco Service over portions of the same route. In this picture, the original “CZ” is winding through the scenic Feather River Canyon.


The Bangor and Aroostook The “B&A”, as locals called it, was a once mighty wood, paper and potato hauler which operated from Searsport through Bangor to the Canadian border. Aroostook is the largest county in the state. The photo, taken in 1955 by Richard Sprague, shows long train of paper and wood products running along the Fish River on the Ashland Branch. The original B&A was sold in bankrupt- cy to the MMA in the early 2000s, and whats left of the railroad was again sold in 2014 to the Central Maine and Quebec. Richard “Dick” Sprague was the B&A’s Vice President of Public Relations for many years. He passed at age 85 in July 2014. This photocard is in his honor. The “Hummingbird” Louisville and Nashville (The L&N) crack streamliner service between Cin- ncinnati and New Orleans was comprised of the “Humingbird “ and The “Pan American”. The Hummingbird, in this company postcard photo, is shown crossing a long bridge over a bayou in Louisiana enroute. Both trains were discontinued well before Amtrak took over all intercity Passen- ger service in 1971, and the L&N is now a part of the CSX lines.


The Rock Island Line was a Mighty Fine Line As this verse from the country and western song The Rock Island was a great Midwestern railroad with thousands of miles of trackage in the Mid- west, South and Southwest. In this early 1960’s photo, Rock Island’s Cedar Rapids to Burlington, Iowa local is leaving the Cedar Rapids Yard. In the background is Quaker Oats, once dubbed as the world’s largest ce- real plant andon the right is the old Milwaukee Road roundhouse. While Quaker Oats survives, the Rock Island abandoned this trackage in bank- ruptcy In 1980, and, the old Milwaukee roundhouse is also gone.


General Motors “Train of Tomorrow” At the end of World War II, the rail industry revived the promotion of a new generation of passenger trains. General Motors took the lead in the late 1940’s with The Train of Tomorrow, pulled by a GM – EMD E7 passenger lo- comotive. Each car featured “astra domes” for above roof viewing by passen- gers, and the very first “dome diner”. The train toured the country for several years, and eventually, the Union Pacific purchased the passenger cars and they were used most frequently on the UP’s service between Portland and Seattle. This card is from the cover of the GM published color booklet.


The City of Portland along the Columbia River Valley In this Union Pacific postcard photo of the 1950’s, The City of Portland Is run- ning along the scenic Columbia River Valley Gorge on its route Between Chica- go and Portland.. Sporting a dome coach, dome lounge and dome diner (all added in 1955), this train was one of the fleet of UP “Cities Trains” that ran be- tween Chicago and western cities. Its “sister trains” included the City of Los An- geles, City of San Francisco, City of Denver and City of St. Louis..All the “Cities” trains were discontinued with the advent of Amtrak in 1971


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tures and renderings of many trains of yesteryear which provided the mainstay of transportation during this era.


- Nearly 1100 Pages! In an effort that has taken several years and several hundred hours, we have assembled the most comprehensive collection ever of mag- azine, journal and newspaper ads placed by the railroads from the 1920’s to the late 1960’s - almost 1100 of them. Some of the best ad- vertising agencies of the time were retained to produced inviting ads for passenger trains, freight service and locomotives and equipment of the GREAT ERA. See color schemes and interior and exterior pic-


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