File:Portland-New Orleans Passenger Train Service (1889) (ADVERT 248).jpeg

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Trains on the Mount Shasta Route travelled from Portland to San Francisco in under two days. On the Sunset Route, it took 4 and 3/4 days for trains to reach New Orleans from San Francisco.

  • Geographic coverage: United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad travel--United States; Railroads--United States
  • Categories: Railroad travel; Transportation and communication; Tourism and travel
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English: Early Advertising of the West Collection
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English: Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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institution QS:P195,Q219563
Department
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University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
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248
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The New Overland Railway connecting Portland and New Orleans via the Mount Shasta Route and Sunset Route. Daily express trains having attached Pullman Palace Buffet cars, and tourist sleeping cars for second-class passengers. This trip is by all odds one of the finest in the country.
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R.L. Polk & Company
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ADV0274
Company/Advertising Agency
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher
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R.L. Polk & Company
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Tacoma, Washington
Publication Source
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Tacoma city directory, p. 43

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