Many Grinnellians may recall that (before 1970) many people often travelled to and from Grinnell via the train, using the Union Depot train station that was located across from Central Park and the Monroe Hotel. Less well known is the fact that several bus lines also served Grinnell over the years, such as the Union Pacific’s “Stages” line, that the railroad giant had created in the 1920s to compete with Greyhound and other emerging bus lines.  This advertisement appeared on campus in November of 1939, touting their luxurious new “super” coaches that would whisk travelers to these midwestern destinations as well as dozens of other cities (by changing buses a their hubs in Chicago, Kansas City, and Omaha).  The picture below shows engineers proudly installing an air-conditioner into one of the new super-coaches that would service towns like Grinnell.