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Type:: Menu
Date Created:: April 2001
Date Archived:: March 28, 2013
Geography:: West
Decade:: 2000s

Empire Builder menu, 2001.

Multi-color printed paper menu issued in April 2001 for use on the Empire Builder (Chicago-Portland/Seattle). From the Ann Owens Collection. A painting by artist J. Craig Thorpe, "Wilderness Threshold," graces the cover and depicts the train at the East Glacier, Mont. station. Menu items cover breakfast, lunch and dinner; in a nod to the region through which the train travels, entrees bear names such as "Snohomish Valley Baked Chicken" and the "Montana Grilled Porterhouse."

Type:: Route Guide
Date Created:: 2005
Date Archived:: March 6, 2013
Geography:: West
Decade:: 2000s

<i>Empire Builder</i> route guide, 2005.

Empire Builder route guide, 2005.

Multi-color printed paper route guide issued in 2005 for the daily Empire Builder (Chicago-Seattle/Portland). Guide offers brief descriptions of cities and towns along the route, as well as an overview of crew members and on-board accommodations. From the Ann Owens Collection.

Type:: Flyer
Date Archived:: February 21, 2013
Geography:: West
Decade:: 1980s

"Amtrak's Superliner is Somethin' Special" flyer.

Multi-color printed paper flyer created to promote the new Superliner equipment. Dates between 1979 and the mid-1980s; from the Ann Owens Collection. Built by Pullman-Standard, the bi-level Superliner equipment went into service in 1979 to replace cars inherited from the predecessor railroads. This flyer describes sleeping accommodations and coach comforts such as drop down trays and overhead lighting.

Type:: Route Guide
Date Created:: June 1973
Date Archived:: January 10, 2013
Geography:: West
Decade:: 1970s

<i>Empire Builder</i> route guide, 1973.

Empire Builder route guide, 1973.

Multicolor printed paper route guide issued in June 1973 for the daily Empire Builder (Chicago-Seattle). Guide offers brief descriptions of cities and towns along the route, as well as a fold-out map. From the Ann Owens Collection. Parts of the route were realigned in the late 1970s and 1980s, and therefore some communities listed in this guide lost service while others gained.

Type:: Sales Promotion
Date Archived:: March 23, 2012
Geography:: West
Decade:: 2000s

Empire Builder Luggage Tag

Promotional luggage tag given away to advertise the Empire Builder route.

Type:: Route Guide
Date Created:: November 1976
Date Archived:: January 24, 2012
Geography:: Northwest
Decade:: 1970s

<i>Empire Builder</i> route guide, 1976.

Empire Builder route guide, 1976.

Two-color printed paper route guide with photographs issued in November 1976 for the Empire Builder (Chicago-Havre-Seattle). Guide offers brief descriptions of cities and towns along the route, as well as a map and photographs. "You are about to explore the scenic splendor of America's great Northwest."