The Vista- Dame CaLifomia Zephyr travenes the scenic Rio Grande TRAFFIC REPRESENTATIVES wonderland of Colorado and EAST Traffic offices are maintained in principal cities TOPS IN TRAVEL to ~ake care_ of your travel needs. Call, phone or Utah on its Chicago-San Fran wrtte for fnendly, expert service. Extra comfort cisco journey. LOS ANGELES ATLANTA 3, GA. OAKLAND 12, CAL. 1521 Healey Building 514 Central Bank BuUding 57 Forsyth St. N. W. 14th I< Broadway · Extra luxury TO TEXAS AND SOUTH WICHITA Lamar 4831 Glencourt 1-4925 R. E. KNICHT, General Agent R. E. DAVIS, Genera.t Agent BOSTON 16, MASS. OGDEN, UTAH Extra travel thrills TWO MATCHLESS SCENIC ROUTES ON THE MAIN LINE THRU THE ROCKIES 411 Lillie Building Rio Grande Freight DePOt 80 Boylston St.-Liberty 2-9891 130 24th Street-Phone 3-3325 C .. 0. TosrAS, Genera! Agent C. F. Mour:rox, General Agent NLY RIO GRANDE pierces the heart of the amazing Rocky Mountains West of the tunnel, the route follows the sparkling Fraser River into CHICAGO 3, ILL. but No Extr~ ~ on any Rio Grande train O spacious Middle Park. Near Granby, the Fraser flows into the silvery Colorado. Suite 2307 Bankers Building OMAHA 2, NEB. through Colorful Colorado and Unique Utah. And only Rio Grande fea 105 West Adams St. 313 Grain Exchange Building tures Vista-Dome cars through this scenic paradise-where the Vista-Dome From this point, the Rio Grande parallels the great river for 238 miles through Randolph 6-7445 19th & Harney-Jackson 5100 idea was first conceived. Two spectacular routes give transcontinental travelers a bP.wildering succession of spectacular canyons. Byers, Gore and Red Canyons J. B. WILLIAMS, Assistant S. L. LocKwoo~t. G~eral Agen.t are exclusive to this route. Then, after merging with the Royal Gorge route T raffic Manager . PITTSBURGH 22, PA. the opportunity to "go one way-return the other." Schedules are arranged CINCINNATI 2, OHIO 1410 Oliver Bulldlng to provide a maximum of glorious daylight hours through the rugged grandeur at Dotsero, the combined main line enters the most gorgeous of all Colorado 1431 Enquirer Building 535 Smithfield St. River chasms- 18-mile-long Glenwood Canyon - whose beauty inspired the 617 Vine St.-Parkway 3212 Atlantic 1-2766 of the Rockies. A. C. DrcK, General Ag""t U . E. LLOYD, General Agent The most beautiful railroad cars ever built are now in service Vista-Dome idea. No description of Glenwood Canyon could adequately picture on Rio Grande's principal trains. Pictured above is one of the ROYAL GORGE ROUTE the ever-changing vistas of colorful rock walls, brilliant eve1·greens, rippling flf~~~a-? ~;;._,e~~~ilding PORTLAND 41 ist. Frt. a Pass. Agt. ~2~a.;s.;n~io1amhUI St. Similar cars are featured on the California Zephyr and the Colorado For 70 years America's Best-Loved Travel Wonder-the Royal Gorge of Near the western border of Colorado, the picturesque upper canyons COLORAD O SPR INGS, COLO. W. M. KrRKPATIUcK, Assistant the Arkansas River is the scenic highlight of the route which bears its name. broaden out into the fertile Grand Valley. The tracks pass through mile after Suite 317 Exchange National Traffic Manager Eagle. At the right is one of the new all-room slJepers which Bank Building The Royal Gorge train begins its thrill-packed westbound journey early mile of peach orchards in the Palisade-Grand Junction region. 6 Sout h Tejon St.-Main 2884 PROVO, UTAH operate on the Prospector, with bedrooms and roomettes of radically each morning, making convenient connections with fast trains from the east On the Colorado-Utah border, colorful Ruby Canyon presents a dazzling E. D. MoRRISON, Gen4lTa1 Agent Rio ·Grande Freight Depot DALLAS 1. T~XAS ~lf:o~~~'li, and 3rd Wes new design. Streamlined equipment, convenient schedules, plus at Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. After skirting majestic Pikes Peak w~lls array of sheer rock of smooth red sandstone. After crossing into the 607 Great Nattonal LUe Bldg. s. D. BuRNSIDE, District Freight Rio Grande's matchless scenic routes, provide an unbeatable com -towering sentinel of the front range, the train heads west into the mountains, Beehive State, the railroad traverses the rolling Utah desert, then through following the water-level grade of the rushing Arkansas River. Just west of ~~~.lf";~,..;;~-;-~:~~~~r~~!~ & Passenger Agent bination. the gray sandstone portals of Castle Gate into the Wasatch Range, which it DENVER 2, COLO. PUEBLO, COLO. Canon City-garden spot of the Rockies-the tracks lead into the spectacular surmounts at Soldier Summit. Through Great Salt Lake Valley, which a cen Rio Grande Building Suite 227 Central Building chasm for which train and route are named. 1531 Stout St.-Acoma 5533 120 N. Main St. Carved through solid rock by sand-laden waters through eons of time, the tury of Mormon industry has transformed from a barren desert into a veritable B. E. GRECORY, General Agent. Phones 5510, 6842 garden spot, the route leads on to Salt Lake City and Ogden- western termini Pas•enger lHpartment J. M. J£NSEN. Assistant Traffic Royal Gorge is a narrow winding canyon with towering sheer-sided walls. At DETROIT 2. MICH. Manager the narrowest spot, the sides of the canyon are only 30 feet apart, and the road of the Main Line Thru the Rockies. 5-157 General Motors Building RENO, NEV. 3044 West Grand Blvd. 93 Sunnyside Drive bed is suspended out over the river on the famous hanging bridge Trlnity 5-3025 Phone 2-1373 whose girders are anchored to the walls on either side. High over P. 0. SPURGEON, General Agent J. B. HuNn:a, General Agent head- 1,053 feet above the tracks-is the world's highest bridge, ~gGf._?e1• g~es SACRAMENTCollegiate Peaks, and GRAND JUNCT ION COLO H. A. RoBERtsON, Assistant sky-piercing Mount Elbert (14,431 feet) and Mount Massive (14,418) Rio Grande Freight 'Depot · Traffic Manager -second and third highest points in the United States. Phone 3021 SALT LAKE CITY 1 UTAH W. J. MooRE, General Agent 24 South Maln Street After crossing the Continental Divide at 10,221-foot Tennessee KANSAS CITY 6, MO. Phone 4-6551 J;'ass, the route parallels the surging Eagle River to Dotsero, where 524 Railway Exchange Building D. P. HEINn. General Agent, the Eagle joins the mighty Colorado, and the Royal Gorge route 705 W alnut St.-Victor 5520 Passenger Department W. D. F!:RNALD, General Agent SAN FRANCISCO 5, CAL. joins the Moffat Tunnel Scenic Shortcut. LOS ANGELES 14, CAL. 291 Monadnock Building Z24 Pacifte Mutual Building 681 Market St.-Garfield 1-2688 MOFFAT TUNNEL ROUTE ~~.J"~~t 9~m 5~t. J. K. snrcnT, General Aoent Denver to Salt Lake City-Ogden A. R. ANDERSON, General Agent SEATTLE 1. WASH. Heading straight west from Denver, this route begins to climb MINNEAPOLIS 2, MINN. 503 White-Henry-Stuart Bldg. 360 Rand Tower 4th & Untvers:tty-Ehot 8482 before it is outside the city limits. The tracks surmount the nearby 527 Marquette Ave. C. B. LOWRY, Comme·rctal Agent front range, providing a magnificent panorama of Denver and the Atlantic 7888 . · plains to the east to passengers on the California Zephyr and the C. W. CAMPBELL, General Agent WASHINGTON 5, D. C. NEW YORK 18, N. Y. 535 Shoreham Building Prospector, which follow this route. 500 Fi!th Ave .. Room 220 . 15th & H Sts. N. W. A brief 50 miles from Colorado's capital city, the line pierces Chickerln~t 4-7515 Executive 0373 V. A. FARRELL, Assistant Traffic J. L. HENNIHC, General Agent the backbone of the continent through the 6.2-mile-long Moffat Manager Tunnel-~me of the engineering marvels of the modern world. Completed in 1928 at a cost of $18,000,000, the tunnel made possible H. F.ENO a direct transcontinental rail route through Denver. Passenger Traffic Manager Rio Grande Building Denver, Colo.
Denver Civic Center Mt. Sopris, Glenwood Sprin~s-Aspen Region America's Best-Loved Travel Wonde~-the RoyaL Gorge Pikes Peak and the Gateway to the Garden of the Gods Col01·ado National Monunu>nt, near Grand .Junction Twin Lakes and Sawatch Range Glenwood Canyon of the Colorado River