The Oriental Limited was the Great Northern Railroad's flagship passenger train from 1905 to 1929 providing service from Chicago to St. Paul via the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and then onto Great Northern rails to Seattle. In these two circa 1915 postcards, we can get an idea of what it was like to travel across the country on a rolling first-class hotel. Despite the appearance created by the scenery as seen through the car's windows, telephone service was only provided through phone line hook-up when the train was in station. Note the early vacuum cleaner in the second card.
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