Welcome to Vintage Railroad Postcards!

Thank you for stopping by! This is the blog for the Russell P. Panecki Collection of vintage railroad-related postcards. The entire collection consists of nearly one thousand so far with images dating from circa 1904 to the 1950s. To leave a comment, ask a question, to contribute or correct historical information, a comment box is located to the left for your convenience.

Each page, including this homepage, has an index located in the lower portion of the page. In addition to the index, posts were updated with historical information, new postcards added from storage files, while some posts were completely rewritten or edited for corrections. Three articles have been added and are worth reading. They include how vintage postcards were made, the history of Pennsylvania Station, and the history of Grand Central Terminal.

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Union Pacific's Las Vegas Station

Since we have desert-like heat in much of the country right now, I thought that a desert station stop postcard would be in order. This circa 1940s linen postcard shows the Union Pacific/Chicago North Western "City of Los Angeles" arriving in Las Vegas. No need to worry about the heat, though...this very modern station is air conditioned!



For more information on the 'City of Los Angeles', click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Los_Angeles

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