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THE DOMINION MONARCH It was laid in the same berth that the RMS Mauretania had been built in back in 1906. The Dominion Monarch was launched at 3.30 p.m. on the 27th July 1938, by Lady Essendon, the wife of the Chairman of Furness Withy and Company Ltd. The Dominion Monarch was the largest ship built on the River Tyne since the famous RMS Mauretania in 1906. HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA CP Ships itself was bought-out in late 2005 by TUI AG, and merged with Hapag-Lloyd in mid-2006. The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots DINNER IN THE DINER… A 1950’s publicity film from the Santa Fe RailRoad about “the Super Chief” luxury passenger train which ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The film features Virginia Leith – 1950s film star. Dining car on the famed Santa Fe all-Pullman Super Chief in the Turquoise Room. This car was very popular with filmstars
THE FRENCH LINE
THE FRENCH LINE – SS LIBERTE – 1950s. Posted by: Michael L. Grace October 8, 2009. Cruising the past: The SS Europa was the pride of Norddeutscher Lloyd Line in the 1930s. She was the sister ship of the SS Bremen. Sadly the Second World War caused an end to her years in German hands and she was handed to the French as war reparations. QUEEN OF BERMUDA, HISTORY, CRUISING, BERMUDA, 1950S, RETRO The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner andlasted until 1966.
SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. LAST PHOTOS TAKEN ON BOARD THE RMS TITANIC BY FATHER A short video on Father Smith’s photos. The Bishop had another surprise up his sleeve when in early 1912 he presented Frank with a first-class ticket for SS HOMERIC IN THE 1960S. SS HOMERIC. Total length increased to 641 feet (195.5 meters). Home Lines operated her beginning 24 January 1955 for liner service between ports in the north Atlantic. In 1964 she replaced the SS Italia to steam on the regular run between New York and Nassau, Bahamas, though she in turn was shortly replaced by SS Oceanic. HOME LINES SS HOMERIC CRUISING TO CUBA IN THE 1950S Ruth Holz is greeting the S.S. Homeric’s Captain at a special cocktail party with Harry Holz looking on. There was. The old family movie provides a glimpse, somewhat grainy, of a last cordial moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, when, as Hotz put it, “tourists were still posing with soldiers.” SAILING THE GREAT LAKES ON THE SS SOUTH AMERICAN AND SS Lake Steamer: CITY OF CLEVELAND Major lines on the Great Lakes included the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company in the U.S., and in Canada, the Northern Navigation Company (later absorbed by CanadaSteamship Lines).
THE DOMINION MONARCH It was laid in the same berth that the RMS Mauretania had been built in back in 1906. The Dominion Monarch was launched at 3.30 p.m. on the 27th July 1938, by Lady Essendon, the wife of the Chairman of Furness Withy and Company Ltd. The Dominion Monarch was the largest ship built on the River Tyne since the famous RMS Mauretania in 1906. HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA CP Ships itself was bought-out in late 2005 by TUI AG, and merged with Hapag-Lloyd in mid-2006. The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots DINNER IN THE DINER… A 1950’s publicity film from the Santa Fe RailRoad about “the Super Chief” luxury passenger train which ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The film features Virginia Leith – 1950s film star. Dining car on the famed Santa Fe all-Pullman Super Chief in the Turquoise Room. This car was very popular with filmstars
THE FRENCH LINE
THE FRENCH LINE – SS LIBERTE – 1950s. Posted by: Michael L. Grace October 8, 2009. Cruising the past: The SS Europa was the pride of Norddeutscher Lloyd Line in the 1930s. She was the sister ship of the SS Bremen. Sadly the Second World War caused an end to her years in German hands and she was handed to the French as war reparations. QUEEN OF BERMUDA, HISTORY, CRUISING, BERMUDA, 1950S, RETRO The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner andlasted until 1966.
SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. LAST PHOTOS TAKEN ON BOARD THE RMS TITANIC BY FATHER A short video on Father Smith’s photos. The Bishop had another surprise up his sleeve when in early 1912 he presented Frank with a first-class ticket for SS HOMERIC IN THE 1960S. SS HOMERIC. Total length increased to 641 feet (195.5 meters). Home Lines operated her beginning 24 January 1955 for liner service between ports in the north Atlantic. In 1964 she replaced the SS Italia to steam on the regular run between New York and Nassau, Bahamas, though she in turn was shortly replaced by SS Oceanic. HOME LINES SS HOMERIC CRUISING TO CUBA IN THE 1950S Ruth Holz is greeting the S.S. Homeric’s Captain at a special cocktail party with Harry Holz looking on. There was. The old family movie provides a glimpse, somewhat grainy, of a last cordial moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, when, as Hotz put it, “tourists were still posing with soldiers.” BRIEF HISTORY OF CRUISE SHIPS AND CRUISING The Prinzessin Victoria Luise, built-in 1901 by the American-Hamburg Company, was the first ship designed specifically with cruising in mind. By the early 20th century the concept of the mammoth passenger liner was developed, and Germany led the market in the development of these massive and ornate floating hotels. CRUISE HISTORY: SITMAR LINES AND SITMAR CRUISES The company used the name Sitmar Cruises in Australia, and abandoned the liner trade to operate full-time as a cruise liner in 1974. The Sitmar cruises were excellent and the line very successful. In July 1988, Sitmar Cruses was purchased by the P&O Group. In Australia, the operation was re-named P&O-Sitmar Cruises, and in 1991 became P&OHolidays.
1938 – SS ST. LOUIS – THE VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED… Various views of the SS St. Louis, passengers and docking in Europe after the voyage to Havana, Cuba. Later in his book, While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy, Arthur D. Morse claimed that the U.S. Coast Guard cutter CG-244 “shadowed the St. Louis, with orders to prevent any refugees from jumping overboard and swimming ashore.” SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. QUEEN OF BERMUDA, HISTORY, CRUISING, BERMUDA, 1950S, RETRO The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner andlasted until 1966.
DINNER IN THE DINER… A 1950’s publicity film from the Santa Fe RailRoad about “the Super Chief” luxury passenger train which ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The film features Virginia Leith – 1950s film star. Dining car on the famed Santa Fe all-Pullman Super Chief in the Turquoise Room. This car was very popular with filmstars
CANADIAN 1930S LINERS Canadian 1930s Liners – The “Drunken Duchesses”. SS Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as “Drunken Duchesses” for their lively performance in heavy seas. She was built as a sister ship to the SS Duchess of Bedford, the SS Duchess of Atholl, and the SS Duchess of Richmond. CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro. PASADENA SANTA FE STATION Santa Fe Chief passes Los Angeles streetcar just south of the Pasadena Station. The Santa Fe Railway’s Mission Revival-style passenger station on Raymond Ave. in Pasadena, CA, opened in 1935. Passengers boarding in Pasadena could enjoy a Champagne Dinner aboard the Super Chief. Here is the menu from the late 1960s. CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE’S MARDI GRAS, THE FIRST FUN SHIP AND Carnival added a slide for the ship’s pool for a first in cruising. In the late 60s and early 70s, cruising began to undergo a renaissance. Rather than serving as a more comfortable means of transport, lines started to market the ships as destinations inthemselves.
CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Union fleet became synonymous with pioneers and loggers, and for 70 years, ships sporting the company’s black and red funnels plied the coast, servicing logging camps, canneries, mines and coastal communities. The Union Steamship Company was the first line to use Vancouver as homeport. As early as 1889, Darling also noted a growingmarket
THE DOMINION MONARCH It was laid in the same berth that the RMS Mauretania had been built in back in 1906. The Dominion Monarch was launched at 3.30 p.m. on the 27th July 1938, by Lady Essendon, the wife of the Chairman of Furness Withy and Company Ltd. The Dominion Monarch was the largest ship built on the River Tyne since the famous RMS Mauretania in 1906. ALCOA TO THE CARIBBEAN A look to the cruising past. Because of shipping shortages in World War I, Alcoa (formerly the Aluminum Company of America) developed its own shipping line to carry bauxite from its source in what is now Suriname and Guyana to aluminum mills in the United States and elsewhere. At first the line operated under foreign flags. HITLER’S CRUISE LINE Starting in 1934 with chartered ships from the Hamburg American line, operating out of German ports on the Baltic and the North Sea along with cruises to the Mediterranean. Onboard a Kdf cruise. The idea was rather simple: as a member of the German Labor Front or the Nazi Party, everyone would be given the opportunity of low-priced cruises. HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA CP Ships itself was bought-out in late 2005 by TUI AG, and merged with Hapag-Lloyd in mid-2006. The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro.UNION CASTLE LINERS
It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel – ‘every Thursday at 4’, as one of the big Union castle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. QUEEN OF BERMUDA, HISTORY, CRUISING, BERMUDA, 1950S, RETRO The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner andlasted until 1966.
SS HOMERIC IN THE 1960S. SS HOMERIC. Total length increased to 641 feet (195.5 meters). Home Lines operated her beginning 24 January 1955 for liner service between ports in the north Atlantic. In 1964 she replaced the SS Italia to steam on the regular run between New York and Nassau, Bahamas, though she in turn was shortly replaced by SS Oceanic. CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Union fleet became synonymous with pioneers and loggers, and for 70 years, ships sporting the company’s black and red funnels plied the coast, servicing logging camps, canneries, mines and coastal communities. The Union Steamship Company was the first line to use Vancouver as homeport. As early as 1889, Darling also noted a growingmarket
THE DOMINION MONARCH It was laid in the same berth that the RMS Mauretania had been built in back in 1906. The Dominion Monarch was launched at 3.30 p.m. on the 27th July 1938, by Lady Essendon, the wife of the Chairman of Furness Withy and Company Ltd. The Dominion Monarch was the largest ship built on the River Tyne since the famous RMS Mauretania in 1906. ALCOA TO THE CARIBBEAN A look to the cruising past. Because of shipping shortages in World War I, Alcoa (formerly the Aluminum Company of America) developed its own shipping line to carry bauxite from its source in what is now Suriname and Guyana to aluminum mills in the United States and elsewhere. At first the line operated under foreign flags. HITLER’S CRUISE LINE Starting in 1934 with chartered ships from the Hamburg American line, operating out of German ports on the Baltic and the North Sea along with cruises to the Mediterranean. Onboard a Kdf cruise. The idea was rather simple: as a member of the German Labor Front or the Nazi Party, everyone would be given the opportunity of low-priced cruises. HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA CP Ships itself was bought-out in late 2005 by TUI AG, and merged with Hapag-Lloyd in mid-2006. The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro.UNION CASTLE LINERS
It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel – ‘every Thursday at 4’, as one of the big Union castle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. QUEEN OF BERMUDA, HISTORY, CRUISING, BERMUDA, 1950S, RETRO The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner andlasted until 1966.
SS HOMERIC IN THE 1960S. SS HOMERIC. Total length increased to 641 feet (195.5 meters). Home Lines operated her beginning 24 January 1955 for liner service between ports in the north Atlantic. In 1964 she replaced the SS Italia to steam on the regular run between New York and Nassau, Bahamas, though she in turn was shortly replaced by SS Oceanic. CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Union fleet became synonymous with pioneers and loggers, and for 70 years, ships sporting the company’s black and red funnels plied the coast, servicing logging camps, canneries, mines and coastal communities. The Union Steamship Company was the first line to use Vancouver as homeport. As early as 1889, Darling also noted a growingmarket
CRUISE HISTORY: SITMAR LINES AND SITMAR CRUISES The company used the name Sitmar Cruises in Australia, and abandoned the liner trade to operate full-time as a cruise liner in 1974. The Sitmar cruises were excellent and the line very successful. In July 1988, Sitmar Cruses was purchased by the P&O Group. In Australia, the operation was re-named P&O-Sitmar Cruises, and in 1991 became P&OHolidays.
HITLER’S CRUISE LINE Starting in 1934 with chartered ships from the Hamburg American line, operating out of German ports on the Baltic and the North Sea along with cruises to the Mediterranean. Onboard a Kdf cruise. The idea was rather simple: as a member of the German Labor Front or the Nazi Party, everyone would be given the opportunity of low-priced cruises. ALCOA TO THE CARIBBEAN A look to the cruising past. Because of shipping shortages in World War I, Alcoa (formerly the Aluminum Company of America) developed its own shipping line to carry bauxite from its source in what is now Suriname and Guyana to aluminum mills in the United States and elsewhere. At first the line operated under foreign flags. SAILING THE GREAT LAKES ON THE SS SOUTH AMERICAN AND SS The history of commercial passenger shipping on the Great Lakes is long but uneven. It reached its zenith between the mid-19th centuryand the 1950s.
DINNER IN THE DINER… A 1950’s publicity film from the Santa Fe RailRoad about “the Super Chief” luxury passenger train which ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The film features Virginia Leith – 1950s film star. Dining car on the famed Santa Fe all-Pullman Super Chief in the Turquoise Room. This car was very popular with filmstars
CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro. HOME LINES SS HOMERIC CRUISING TO CUBA IN THE 1950S Ruth Holz is greeting the S.S. Homeric’s Captain at a special cocktail party with Harry Holz looking on. There was. The old family movie provides a glimpse, somewhat grainy, of a last cordial moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, when, as Hotz put it, “tourists were still posing with soldiers.” CANADIAN 1930S LINERS Canadian 1930s Liners – The “Drunken Duchesses”. SS Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as “Drunken Duchesses” for their lively performance in heavy seas. She was built as a sister ship to the SS Duchess of Bedford, the SS Duchess of Atholl, and the SS Duchess of Richmond. LAST PHOTOS TAKEN ON BOARD THE RMS TITANIC BY FATHER A short video on Father Smith’s photos. The Bishop had another surprise up his sleeve when in early 1912 he presented Frank with a first-class ticket for CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Union fleet became synonymous with pioneers and loggers, and for 70 years, ships sporting the company’s black and red funnels plied the coast, servicing logging camps, canneries, mines and coastal communities. The Union Steamship Company was the first line to use Vancouver as homeport. As early as 1889, Darling also noted a growingmarket
THE DOMINION MONARCH It was laid in the same berth that the RMS Mauretania had been built in back in 1906. The Dominion Monarch was launched at 3.30 p.m. on the 27th July 1938, by Lady Essendon, the wife of the Chairman of Furness Withy and Company Ltd. The Dominion Monarch was the largest ship built on the River Tyne since the famous RMS Mauretania in 1906. DINNER IN THE DINER… A 1950’s publicity film from the Santa Fe RailRoad about “the Super Chief” luxury passenger train which ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The film features Virginia Leith – 1950s film star. Dining car on the famed Santa Fe all-Pullman Super Chief in the Turquoise Room. This car was very popular with filmstars
SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA CP Ships itself was bought-out in late 2005 by TUI AG, and merged with Hapag-Lloyd in mid-2006. The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knotsUNION CASTLE LINERS
It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel – ‘every Thursday at 4’, as one of the big Union castle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro.THE FRENCH LINE
THE FRENCH LINE – SS LIBERTE – 1950s. Posted by: Michael L. Grace October 8, 2009. Cruising the past: The SS Europa was the pride of Norddeutscher Lloyd Line in the 1930s. She was the sister ship of the SS Bremen. Sadly the Second World War caused an end to her years in German hands and she was handed to the French as war reparations. QUEEN OF BERMUDA, HISTORY, CRUISING, BERMUDA, 1950S, RETRO The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner andlasted until 1966.
SS HOMERIC IN THE 1960S. SS HOMERIC. Total length increased to 641 feet (195.5 meters). Home Lines operated her beginning 24 January 1955 for liner service between ports in the north Atlantic. In 1964 she replaced the SS Italia to steam on the regular run between New York and Nassau, Bahamas, though she in turn was shortly replaced by SS Oceanic. CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Union fleet became synonymous with pioneers and loggers, and for 70 years, ships sporting the company’s black and red funnels plied the coast, servicing logging camps, canneries, mines and coastal communities. The Union Steamship Company was the first line to use Vancouver as homeport. As early as 1889, Darling also noted a growingmarket
THE DOMINION MONARCH It was laid in the same berth that the RMS Mauretania had been built in back in 1906. The Dominion Monarch was launched at 3.30 p.m. on the 27th July 1938, by Lady Essendon, the wife of the Chairman of Furness Withy and Company Ltd. The Dominion Monarch was the largest ship built on the River Tyne since the famous RMS Mauretania in 1906. DINNER IN THE DINER… A 1950’s publicity film from the Santa Fe RailRoad about “the Super Chief” luxury passenger train which ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The film features Virginia Leith – 1950s film star. Dining car on the famed Santa Fe all-Pullman Super Chief in the Turquoise Room. This car was very popular with filmstars
SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA CP Ships itself was bought-out in late 2005 by TUI AG, and merged with Hapag-Lloyd in mid-2006. The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knotsUNION CASTLE LINERS
It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel – ‘every Thursday at 4’, as one of the big Union castle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro.THE FRENCH LINE
THE FRENCH LINE – SS LIBERTE – 1950s. Posted by: Michael L. Grace October 8, 2009. Cruising the past: The SS Europa was the pride of Norddeutscher Lloyd Line in the 1930s. She was the sister ship of the SS Bremen. Sadly the Second World War caused an end to her years in German hands and she was handed to the French as war reparations. QUEEN OF BERMUDA, HISTORY, CRUISING, BERMUDA, 1950S, RETRO The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner andlasted until 1966.
SS HOMERIC IN THE 1960S. SS HOMERIC. Total length increased to 641 feet (195.5 meters). Home Lines operated her beginning 24 January 1955 for liner service between ports in the north Atlantic. In 1964 she replaced the SS Italia to steam on the regular run between New York and Nassau, Bahamas, though she in turn was shortly replaced by SS Oceanic. CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Union fleet became synonymous with pioneers and loggers, and for 70 years, ships sporting the company’s black and red funnels plied the coast, servicing logging camps, canneries, mines and coastal communities. The Union Steamship Company was the first line to use Vancouver as homeport. As early as 1889, Darling also noted a growingmarket
SAILING THE GREAT LAKES ON THE SS SOUTH AMERICAN AND SS The history of commercial passenger shipping on the Great Lakes is long but uneven. It reached its zenith between the mid-19th centuryand the 1950s.
HITLER’S CRUISE LINE Starting in 1934 with chartered ships from the Hamburg American line, operating out of German ports on the Baltic and the North Sea along with cruises to the Mediterranean. Onboard a Kdf cruise. The idea was rather simple: as a member of the German Labor Front or the Nazi Party, everyone would be given the opportunity of low-priced cruises. SHIPS AND LINERS OF MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Messageries Maritimes was a French merchant shipping company. It was originally created in 1851 as Messageries Nationales, later called Messageries impériales, and from 1871, Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, casually known as “MesMar” or by its initials “MM”. Its rectangular house flag, with the letters MM on a white backgroundand
CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro. HOME LINES SS HOMERIC CRUISING TO CUBA IN THE 1950S Ruth Holz is greeting the S.S. Homeric’s Captain at a special cocktail party with Harry Holz looking on. There was. The old family movie provides a glimpse, somewhat grainy, of a last cordial moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, when, as Hotz put it, “tourists were still posing with soldiers.”MS STELLA POLARIS
MS STELLA POLARIS. Posted by: Michael L. Grace August 16, 2014. The most famous cruise-ship all times. From the 1930s, during World War 2, and into the 1980s. The ship was considered one of the most elegant and exclusive devoted to cruising. She sailed to the Mediterranean, North Cape, Caribbean and Around The World. She had no rivals. CANADIAN 1930S LINERS Canadian 1930s Liners – The “Drunken Duchesses”. SS Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as “Drunken Duchesses” for their lively performance in heavy seas. She was built as a sister ship to the SS Duchess of Bedford, the SS Duchess of Atholl, and the SS Duchess of Richmond. LAST PHOTOS TAKEN ON BOARD THE RMS TITANIC BY FATHER A short video on Father Smith’s photos. The Bishop had another surprise up his sleeve when in early 1912 he presented Frank with a first-class ticket for EVA BRAUN,MS MILWAUKEE,1939,HAMBURG AMERICA LINE, CRUISE Eva Braun aboard the MS Milwaukee in 1939. Fragments of one of the best film from the Eva Braun’s collection. We can see Eva reflected in the glass of the Hamburg America Line agency while filming her mother’s arrival in a black Mercedes-Benz. SAILING THE GREAT LAKES ON THE SS SOUTH AMERICAN AND SS The history of commercial passenger shipping on the Great Lakes is long but uneven. It reached its zenith between the mid-19th centuryand the 1950s.
THE DOMINION MONARCH The Prewar Shaw Savill Era (1939 – 1940): On the 17th February 1939, in the command of Captain W. G. Summers (although another source states that Captain W. H. Hartman was in command), she commenced her seven week maiden voyage from the King George V Dock in London to Wellington New Zealand via Southampton, (where passengers boarded), Tenerife, Cape Town, Durban, Fremantle CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Klondike gold rush galvanized the Union Steamship Company to begin operations in Alaska. The company was founded in 1889 by John Darling, the director of a New Zealand shipping company who recognized a great need for a scheduled service that would transport supplies and work crews to various northern BC sites. CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO The Oranje’s first-class lounge. As built, Oranje’s specifications were: tonnage: 20,117 gross register tons (GRT); length: 199.9 metres (656 ft); width: 25.5 metres (83 ft); draft: 8.8 metres (29 ft); engines: 3 x 12 cylinder Sulzer diesels 27,500 hp (20,500 kW); screws: triple; service speed: 21 knots (39 km/h); passengers: 283 First, 283 Second, 92 Third and 82 Fourth Class (total = 740 HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots.UNION CASTLE LINERS
It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel – ‘every Thursday at 4’, as one of the big Union castle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. SS HOMERIC IN THE 1960S. (Left) Princess Margaret boarding the SS Homeric , Tilbury, Essex, 1962. In World War II she served the United States as a fast troop carrier, bringing supplies and support forces to distant shores as well as rescuing persons stranded in foreign countries by the outbreakof war.
CANADIAN 1930S LINERS SS Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as “Drunken Duchesses” for their lively performance in heavy seas. HOME LINES SS HOMERIC CRUISING TO CUBA IN THE 1950S Ruth Holz is greeting the S.S. Homeric’s Captain at a special cocktail party with Harry Holz looking on. There was. The old family movie provides a glimpse, somewhat grainy, of a last cordial moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, when, as Hotz put it, “tourists were still posing with soldiers.” SAILING THE GREAT LAKES ON THE SS SOUTH AMERICAN AND SS The history of commercial passenger shipping on the Great Lakes is long but uneven. It reached its zenith between the mid-19th centuryand the 1950s.
THE DOMINION MONARCH The Prewar Shaw Savill Era (1939 – 1940): On the 17th February 1939, in the command of Captain W. G. Summers (although another source states that Captain W. H. Hartman was in command), she commenced her seven week maiden voyage from the King George V Dock in London to Wellington New Zealand via Southampton, (where passengers boarded), Tenerife, Cape Town, Durban, Fremantle CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Klondike gold rush galvanized the Union Steamship Company to begin operations in Alaska. The company was founded in 1889 by John Darling, the director of a New Zealand shipping company who recognized a great need for a scheduled service that would transport supplies and work crews to various northern BC sites. CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO The Oranje’s first-class lounge. As built, Oranje’s specifications were: tonnage: 20,117 gross register tons (GRT); length: 199.9 metres (656 ft); width: 25.5 metres (83 ft); draft: 8.8 metres (29 ft); engines: 3 x 12 cylinder Sulzer diesels 27,500 hp (20,500 kW); screws: triple; service speed: 21 knots (39 km/h); passengers: 283 First, 283 Second, 92 Third and 82 Fourth Class (total = 740 HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots.UNION CASTLE LINERS
It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel – ‘every Thursday at 4’, as one of the big Union castle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. SS HOMERIC IN THE 1960S. (Left) Princess Margaret boarding the SS Homeric , Tilbury, Essex, 1962. In World War II she served the United States as a fast troop carrier, bringing supplies and support forces to distant shores as well as rescuing persons stranded in foreign countries by the outbreakof war.
CANADIAN 1930S LINERS SS Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as “Drunken Duchesses” for their lively performance in heavy seas. HOME LINES SS HOMERIC CRUISING TO CUBA IN THE 1950S Ruth Holz is greeting the S.S. Homeric’s Captain at a special cocktail party with Harry Holz looking on. There was. The old family movie provides a glimpse, somewhat grainy, of a last cordial moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, when, as Hotz put it, “tourists were still posing with soldiers.” SAILING THE GREAT LAKES ON THE SS SOUTH AMERICAN AND SS Lake Steamer: CITY OF CLEVELAND Major lines on the Great Lakes included the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company in the U.S., and in Canada, the Northern Navigation Company (later absorbed by CanadaSteamship Lines).
CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Klondike gold rush galvanized the Union Steamship Company to begin operations in Alaska. The company was founded in 1889 by John Darling, the director of a New Zealand shipping company who recognized a great need for a scheduled service that would transport supplies and work crews to various northern BC sites. THE DOMINION MONARCH The Prewar Shaw Savill Era (1939 – 1940): On the 17th February 1939, in the command of Captain W. G. Summers (although another source states that Captain W. H. Hartman was in command), she commenced her seven week maiden voyage from the King George V Dock in London to Wellington New Zealand via Southampton, (where passengers boarded), Tenerife, Cape Town, Durban, Fremantle A GLIPSE OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC LINERS Empress of Canada. Fondly remembered by many a child of the 1950s and 60s as the ‘big white ships’, Canadian Pacific’s final generation Empress liners were undoubtedly among the most distinctive and finest looking post-war passenger ships built in Britain. CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO The Oranje’s first-class lounge. As built, Oranje’s specifications were: tonnage: 20,117 gross register tons (GRT); length: 199.9 metres (656 ft); width: 25.5 metres (83 ft); draft: 8.8 metres (29 ft); engines: 3 x 12 cylinder Sulzer diesels 27,500 hp (20,500 kW); screws: triple; service speed: 21 knots (39 km/h); passengers: 283 First, 283 Second, 92 Third and 82 Fourth Class (total = 740 ALCOA TO THE CARIBBEAN Because of shipping shortages in World War I, Alcoa (formerly the Aluminum Company of America) developed its own shipping line to carry bauxite from its source in what is now Suriname and Guyana to aluminum mills in the United States and elsewhere. CANADIAN 1930S LINERS SS Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as “Drunken Duchesses” for their lively performance in heavy seas. QUEEN OF BERMUDA, HISTORY, CRUISING, BERMUDA, 1950S, RETRO The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner andlasted until 1966.
RETRO LOOK AT MID-CENTURY SHIP TRAVEL AND CRUISING IN THE RETRO look at Mid-Century ship travel and cruising in the 1950s and 1960s. Posted by: Michael L. Grace March 10, 2018 LAST PHOTOS TAKEN ON BOARD THE RMS TITANIC BY FATHER A short video on Father Smith’s photos. The Bishop had another surprise up his sleeve when in early 1912 he presented Frank with a first-class ticket for CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Union fleet became synonymous with pioneers and loggers, and for 70 years, ships sporting the company’s black and red funnels plied the coast, servicing logging camps, canneries, mines and coastal communities. The Union Steamship Company was the first line to use Vancouver as homeport. As early as 1889, Darling also noted a growingmarket
SAILING THE GREAT LAKES ON THE SS SOUTH AMERICAN AND SS The history of commercial passenger shipping on the Great Lakes is long but uneven. It reached its zenith between the mid-19th centuryand the 1950s.
THE DOMINION MONARCH It was laid in the same berth that the RMS Mauretania had been built in back in 1906. The Dominion Monarch was launched at 3.30 p.m. on the 27th July 1938, by Lady Essendon, the wife of the Chairman of Furness Withy and Company Ltd. The Dominion Monarch was the largest ship built on the River Tyne since the famous RMS Mauretania in 1906.UNION CASTLE LINERS
It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel – ‘every Thursday at 4’, as one of the big Union castle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA CP Ships itself was bought-out in late 2005 by TUI AG, and merged with Hapag-Lloyd in mid-2006. The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro. AN HISTORICAL LOOK AT CUNARD LINE’S RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (Left: Captain docks the great Cunard Liner in New York) The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line and was contracted to carry Royal Mail as the second half of a two-ship weekly express service between Southampton and New York City via Cherbourg. She was followed by the QE 2 and the new Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth. At the time of construction in the mid HOME LINES SS HOMERIC CRUISING TO CUBA IN THE 1950S Ruth Holz is greeting the S.S. Homeric’s Captain at a special cocktail party with Harry Holz looking on. There was. The old family movie provides a glimpse, somewhat grainy, of a last cordial moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, when, as Hotz put it, “tourists were still posing with soldiers.” CANADIAN 1930S LINERS Canadian 1930s Liners – The “Drunken Duchesses”. SS Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as “Drunken Duchesses” for their lively performance in heavy seas. She was built as a sister ship to the SS Duchess of Bedford, the SS Duchess of Atholl, and the SS Duchess of Richmond. CRUISE HISTORY, UNION STEAMSHIP, CRUISE LINES The Union fleet became synonymous with pioneers and loggers, and for 70 years, ships sporting the company’s black and red funnels plied the coast, servicing logging camps, canneries, mines and coastal communities. The Union Steamship Company was the first line to use Vancouver as homeport. As early as 1889, Darling also noted a growingmarket
SAILING THE GREAT LAKES ON THE SS SOUTH AMERICAN AND SS The history of commercial passenger shipping on the Great Lakes is long but uneven. It reached its zenith between the mid-19th centuryand the 1950s.
THE DOMINION MONARCH It was laid in the same berth that the RMS Mauretania had been built in back in 1906. The Dominion Monarch was launched at 3.30 p.m. on the 27th July 1938, by Lady Essendon, the wife of the Chairman of Furness Withy and Company Ltd. The Dominion Monarch was the largest ship built on the River Tyne since the famous RMS Mauretania in 1906.UNION CASTLE LINERS
It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel – ‘every Thursday at 4’, as one of the big Union castle liners set off for Cape Town and beyond. SAILING ABOARD THE WONDERFUL RMS ORCADES IN THE 1950S AND The RMS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LINE AND THE MS VULCANIA CP Ships itself was bought-out in late 2005 by TUI AG, and merged with Hapag-Lloyd in mid-2006. The MS Vulcania was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy in 1926 for the Italian company, Cosulich Line. She was a 23,970 gross ton ship, length overall 631.4ft x beam 79.8ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro. AN HISTORICAL LOOK AT CUNARD LINE’S RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (Left: Captain docks the great Cunard Liner in New York) The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line and was contracted to carry Royal Mail as the second half of a two-ship weekly express service between Southampton and New York City via Cherbourg. She was followed by the QE 2 and the new Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth. At the time of construction in the mid HOME LINES SS HOMERIC CRUISING TO CUBA IN THE 1950S Ruth Holz is greeting the S.S. Homeric’s Captain at a special cocktail party with Harry Holz looking on. There was. The old family movie provides a glimpse, somewhat grainy, of a last cordial moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, when, as Hotz put it, “tourists were still posing with soldiers.” CANADIAN 1930S LINERS Canadian 1930s Liners – The “Drunken Duchesses”. SS Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as “Drunken Duchesses” for their lively performance in heavy seas. She was built as a sister ship to the SS Duchess of Bedford, the SS Duchess of Atholl, and the SS Duchess of Richmond. SAILING THE GREAT LAKES ON THE SS SOUTH AMERICAN AND SS Lake Steamer: CITY OF CLEVELAND Major lines on the Great Lakes included the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company in the U.S., and in Canada, the Northern Navigation Company (later absorbed by CanadaSteamship Lines).
A GLIPSE OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC LINERS Empress of Canada. Fondly remembered by many a child of the 1950s and 60s as the ‘big white ships’, Canadian Pacific’s final generation Empress liners were undoubtedly among the most distinctive and finest looking post-war passenger ships built in Britain. HISTORY OF THE HOLLAND AMERICA LINE The Holland America Line was founded in 1873 as the Dutch-America Steamship Company (Dutch: Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij), a shipping and passenger line. Because it was headquartered in Rotterdam and provided service to the Americas, it became known as Holland America Line (HAL). Its headquarters are nowin Seattle
THE DOMINION MONARCH It was laid in the same berth that the RMS Mauretania had been built in back in 1906. The Dominion Monarch was launched at 3.30 p.m. on the 27th July 1938, by Lady Essendon, the wife of the Chairman of Furness Withy and Company Ltd. The Dominion Monarch was the largest ship built on the River Tyne since the famous RMS Mauretania in 1906. ALCOA TO THE CARIBBEAN A look to the cruising past. Because of shipping shortages in World War I, Alcoa (formerly the Aluminum Company of America) developed its own shipping line to carry bauxite from its source in what is now Suriname and Guyana to aluminum mills in the United States and elsewhere. At first the line operated under foreign flags. CLASSIC LINER MS ANGELINA LAURO CLASSIC LINER MS Angelina Lauro. MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The ship underwent 25 years’ service as MS Oranje, and fifteen as MS Angelina Lauro. CANADIAN 1930S LINERS Canadian 1930s Liners – The “Drunken Duchesses”. SS Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as “Drunken Duchesses” for their lively performance in heavy seas. She was built as a sister ship to the SS Duchess of Bedford, the SS Duchess of Atholl, and the SS Duchess of Richmond. DINNER IN THE DINER… A 1950’s publicity film from the Santa Fe RailRoad about “the Super Chief” luxury passenger train which ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The film features Virginia Leith – 1950s film star. Dining car on the famed Santa Fe all-Pullman Super Chief in the Turquoise Room. This car was very popular with filmstars
QUEEN OF BERMUDA, HISTORY, CRUISING, BERMUDA, 1950S, RETRO The RMS Queen of Bermuda docked in Hamilton, Bermuda – 1950s. One of the most beautiful cruise ships of all times. The Furness Line vessel was designed for cruising to Bermuda in the style of a great liner andlasted until 1966.
SS HOMERIC IN THE 1960S. SS HOMERIC. Total length increased to 641 feet (195.5 meters). Home Lines operated her beginning 24 January 1955 for liner service between ports in the north Atlantic. In 1964 she replaced the SS Italia to steam on the regular run between New York and Nassau, Bahamas, though she in turn was shortly replaced by SS Oceanic.* HOME
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CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO – 1952 BLIZZARD TRAPS SP STREAMLINER IN DONNER’S PASS – PART 1 The new streamliner City of San Francisco was the fastest thing on wheels between San Francisco and Chicago. For three days, its 226 passengers and cr...*
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THEN AND NOW: COMPARING SP’S SHASTA DAYLIGHT, AND CASCADE TO AMTRAK’S COAST STARLIGHT! Southern Pacific’s premier trains the Shasta Daylight, and the Cascade served the northwest from San Francisco to Portland and Seattle from the ...*
CALIFORNIA’S FAMOUS ALL-PULLMAN SP STREAMLINER LARK SERVED SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES VIA THE COAST ROUTE Southern Pacific’s deluxe streamliner Lark was the premiere overnight passenger between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A favoriteof businessmen...
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CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO – 1952 BLIZZARD TRAPS SP STREAMLINER IN DONNER’S PASS – PART 1Michael L. Grace
May 24, 2020
The new streamliner City of San Francisco was the fastest thing on wheels between San Francisco and Chicago. For three days, its 226 passengers and crew were cut off as rescuers struggled to dig them out. Help arrived just as hope began to dim. It was late Sunday morning, Jan. ... Read More » RMS TITANIC – SEE WHAT THOSE FINAL DAYS WERE REALLY LIKE!Michael L. Grace
May 21, 2020
Almost everyone knows about the tragic story about the sinking of the world’s largest “unsinkable” ship. The legend of the RMS Titanic has lived on in the movies, books, television, and of course, James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster film. The facts and history of the Titanic also live on in photos ... Read More » THE MS ANGELINA LAURO – FIRE AT SEA – CLASSIC LINER AND CRUISESHIP
Michael L. Grace
May 10, 2020
MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship that was lost while being towed for scrap. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific, on 24 September 1979. The stricken cruise ship, MS Achille Lauro, smolderingin ... Read More »
THEN AND NOW: COMPARING SP’S SHASTA DAYLIGHT, AND CASCADE TO AMTRAK’S COAST STARLIGHT!Michael L. Grace
April 22, 2020
Southern Pacific’s premier trains the Shasta Daylight, and the Cascade served the northwest from San Francisco to Portland and Seattle from the 1950s into the 1960s. They served dozens of California, Oregon and Washington cities. The Shasta was popular with tourists and the Cascade, a favorite with business people. THE ...Read More »
CALIFORNIA’S FAMOUS ALL-PULLMAN SP STREAMLINER LARK SERVED SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES VIA THE COAST ROUTEMichael L. Grace
April 9, 2020
Southern Pacific’s deluxe streamliner Lark was the premiere overnight passenger between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A favorite of businessmen and movie stars. The Oakland Lark connected with the Lark at San Jose then via San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara to Southern California along the coast route. The Lark rivaled ... Read More » THE YALE AND HARVARD – CALIFORNIA’S NIGHT BOATS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO AND SAN FRANCISCOMichael L. Grace
April 3, 2020
Known as “white Flyers of the Pacific,” the sister ships each made four sailings a week. The Yale and Harvard carried 565 First Class passengers at an average speed of 23 knots between the two major California cities. The fast coastal ships provided an overnight cruise on the Pacific. They ... Read More » THE OLD BAY LINE NIGHT BOATS BETWEEN WASHINGTON, BALTIMORE ANDNORFOLK!
Michael L. Grace
March 28, 2020
On April 13, 1962, America’s last night boat service ended as the Old Bay Line’s steamers made there final voyages on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay ending service between Baltimore and Norfolk. Known officially as the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, which had come to be known as the Old ... Read More » BIGGEST MARITIME DISASTER EVER: THE M.S. WILHELM GUSTLOFF – 9,000PLUS DROWNED!
Michael L. Grace
March 27, 2020
MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German transport ship that was sunk on January 30, 1945, by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea. The former cruise liner was evacuating German civilian refugees from East Prussia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, and military personnel from Gotenhafen (Gdynia) as the Red Army advanced. By ... Read More » THE COAST DAYLIGHT – CALIFORNIA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL TRAIN IN THEWORLD.
Michael L. Grace
March 23, 2020
The Southern Pacific’s Streamliner Coast Daylight was the West’s finest train in the 1940s, 50s and early 1960s, linking Los Angeles and San Francisco on a glorious daylight trip, streaking along the edge of the Pacific Ocean for more than a hundred breathless mile. The streamliner traveled along the coast ... Read More »Page 1 of 15712 3
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