Escorted tours to Yellowstone Park via Gardiner Gateway - original and northern entrance (1914) (14736015626)

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Title: Escorted tours to Yellowstone Park via Gardiner Gateway : original and northern entrance
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Northern Pacific Railway Company
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Publisher: (Chicago, Ill.) : Burlington Route : Northern Pacific Railway
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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The Upper Geyser Basin Equipment of Your Train ^^■O HE Northern Pacific Express is an electric■ ^^ lighted, up-to-date train, carrying coaches,standard and tourist sleeping cars and diningcar (service a la carte) for the entire trip. For thedaylight ride, Chicago to St. Paul-Minneapolis, anobservation sleeping car, with observation parlor andplatform, is afforded. East-bound from YellowstonePark, the car is attached to the Northern Pacificsfamous North Coast Limited for the run to Minne-apolis-St. Paul, and from Minneapolis-St. Paul toChicago it is carried on the Burlingtons OrientalLimited. The equipment of the North Coast Limited in-cludes new latest model standard and tourist sleep-ing cars, dining car (service a la carte) and observa-tion-library car, with barber and bath from Living-ston to Minneapolis-St. Paul. The BurlingtonsOriental Limited, from Minneapolis-St. Paul toChicago, also provides dining car and observation-compartment sleeping car service. Page Four
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The Unique Log Depot at Gardiner, Montana /T will be seen that this service is of very highcharacter throughout, and is admirably adaptedto a sight-seeing tour of the nations largestand most unique and wonderful playground —Americas only Geyserland. Further, to enhance the pleasures of the trip,open observation cars are operated on the NorthernPacifics line between Livingston and Gardiner,which was the first line built to the Park, affordinga magnificent 54-mile ride through the picturesqueGate of the Mountains, Yankee Jims Canyonand Paradise Valley, along the Yellowstone River—a typical, foaming mountain torrent, of such rapidfall that, in its higher stages, it is almost a contin-uous mass of snow-white foam — with the majesticsnow-capped mountains in full view, includ-ing the towering heights of Emigrant Peak,Electric Peak and other glorious and majestic sky-scrapers. This absorbingly-interesting and comfortable tripconsumes less than two days and but two nightsbetween Chicago