This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from an original Southern Pacific Railroad "Sunset Limited" advertising poster from 1924. The classic image captures the romance of California’s mission-style architect
The vibrant colors and detail of this classic image have been painstakingly brought back to life to preserve a great piece of history.
The high-resolution image is printed on heavy archival photo paper, on a large-format, professional giclée process printer. The poster is shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, and is ready for framing.
The 13"x19" and 24”x36” formats are excellent images size that look great as a stand-alone piece of art, or grouped as a visual statement. These posters require no cutting, trimming, or custom framing, and a wide variety of these frames are readily available at your local craft or hobby retailer, and online. The 24"x36" size has a 1" white border.
A great vintage print for your home, shop, or business!
HISTORY OF THE SUNSET LIMITED
The Sunset Limited is the oldest named train in the United States, operating since November 1894, along the sunset route (though originally named the Sunset Express).
The Sunset Route (originating in New Orleans) is the southernmost of the three gateways to the West Coast, envisioned through the Transcontinental Railroad Act. The other two were Chicago IL, and St. Louis, MO. The advantages of the Sunset Route were that unlike the other two, it did not have to assault the front range of the Rockies; and, was an all-weather, year-round route that didn’t face the crippling snows of the Wasatch or Sierra mountain ranges, to reach the Pacific coast.
In addition, opened 20 years before the Panama Canal; the Sunset Route, vastly shortened the time to reach the US West Coast from the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea; as New Orleans was already an established seaport for Atlantic shipping lines’ passengers, seeking to reach the US interior; disembarking passengers could; from New Orleans, reach the US West Coast in days, by the Sunset Limited, not weeks.
The Sunset Limited was Southern Pacific's premier train. Initially the Sunset Limited was an all-Pullman train, with sleeping cars and no coaches, running from New Orleans to San Francisco via Los Angeles. From its beginning in 1894 until streamlining in 1950, all of the train's cars had 6-wheel trucks and dark olive green paint with black roofs and trucks. In summer 1926 it was scheduled at 71 hr. 40 min. New Orleans to San Francisco; it then carried a coast-to-coast sleeper Jacksonville to Los Angeles.
