Rock Island timetables stunningly shrank from 36 to 20 pages in 1957. We’ve previously seen a 36-page timetable from November 1956 and a 20-page timetable from May 1957. If there were any timetables between these two, they were probably also just 20 pages.
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The full-page ads on the front cover and inside back cover both disappeared along with two pages of interior ads. The centerfold map was reduced to fit on one page and moved to page 5. The station index and list of train equipment were both reduced from two pages to one and the little pictures of sleeping car accommodations, which took two pages in the 36-page versions, were completely eliminated from the 20-page editions. The condensed version of timetables shown near the beginning of the booklets were reduced from four pages to two. Continue reading