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Stop back regularly to see new and interesting posts from your friends at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, in Duluth, Minnesota:

CANCELLED Jazz This Saturday 3-14-2020
March 13, 2020

This particular Saturday, March 14th, Jazz in the museum has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will evaluate next week’s performance as it approaches. Meanwhile the museum will […]

Jazz At the Depot: Saturdays from 3-6pm
January 2, 2020

The familiar strains of Duke Ellington’s Take the A Train, means it’s time for Jazz at the Depot starting at 3:00pm, EVERY SATURDAY in the Lake Superior Railroad Museum this […]

Henry and Per cleaning up along the tracks in Lakeside
Good Neighbors
May 16, 2018

North Shore Scenic Railroad has good neighbors out in the Lakeside area of Duluth.  Each year the Gagne/Lyytinen family grab their garbage bags, wagon and kids and pick up trash […]

Summer Youth Program: Rail & Intermodal Transportation
March 20, 2018

9th Annual Summer Youth Program: Rail & Intermodal Transportation Hosted by: Rail Transportation Program and University of Wisconsin Superior.  When: July 8-14, 2018 For Students entering Grades 9-12 What to […]

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  • December 18, 2025

    by Theresa Beck, Education Intern   Ah, the holidays. Eating delicious food and traveling all over to see your friends and family. Well, as long as the snow doesn’t stop you. This is a point that many railroads raised when advertising during the winter months. Advertising for railroads boomed during the height of the use of passenger trains, especially during the early to mid twentieth century. During different times of the year their advertisements would reflect the travel and spirit of the season.  In the winter, weather greatly influenced travel, and one bragging right of the railroads was that they were able to run, rain or shine, or snow and cold. Their advertisements reflected that, showcasing their passengers inside cozy, brightly light cars, while the snow blew outside a window. Or, perhaps, they showed images of engines pushing large rotary plows, much like the one on display right here in our museum.    In other cases, the railroads would bring the holiday spirit into their advertising. Some advertisements show Santa riding in a Super Dome car, or riding a train across the sky instead of a sleigh. These advertisements would celebrate the season while still focusing on how modern, interesting, or comfortable passenger trains were to ride. They were also fun and eye-catching, using their silliness to draw people in.  Sending warm wishes from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum this holiday season!   Image Credits: Photos scanned in from Rail Industry Advertising During the Great Era, Volumes 1& 2.

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