The inside front cover of this timetable has an ad for “Thrift-T Sleepers” (a limited number of regular sleeping rooms at Slumbercoach prices) on the Colorado Eagle while the back cover has an ad for real Slumbercoaches on the Texas … Continue reading
Missouri Pacific issued its last 48-page timetable in June 1957, and among the losses were the two colorful pages before and after the centerfold map. The inside back cover of this edition is freight schedules and the outside back cover … Continue reading
The April 1955 timetable, which immediately preceded this one, featured the Pony Express on the page before the centerfold map as “No. 4 in a series devoted to historic landmarks.” As number 5 in the same series, today’s edition features … Continue reading
I usually think of Lewis & Clark as traveling through Northern Pacific territory, but this edition of Missouri Pacific’s “magazine-like” timetables makes the explorers “No. 2 in a series devoted to historic landmarks in Missouri Pacific’s Western, Southwestern Empire.” Of … Continue reading
The page before the centerfold map provides a brief history of Tennessee, together with a collage of colored illustrations about the state that is unfortunately unsigned. Missouri Pacific served only one city in Tennessee, the “great gateway city of Memphis,” … Continue reading
Since yesterday’s timetable, which immediately preceded this one, featured Arkansas in the “first of a series” of Missouri Pacific states, and Arkansas is at the beginning of the alphabet, I would have expected the next state to be Colorado, second … Continue reading
The page before the centerfold map presents the state of Arkansas, noting that this would be “No. 1 in a series of color pages featuring the states served by Missouri Pacific Lines.” The article is accompanied by a photo of … Continue reading
The page before the centerfold of this timetable describes “the Magic Valley Vacation Land,” meaning the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The Rio Grande Valley was previously featured in the November 1948 timetable, but only as a source of … Continue reading
Since I last posted Missouri Pacific timetables in February, I’ve acquired several more that I’ll be presenting here over the next week. I estimate that the railroad issued about 45 timetables with this four-color cover, though it is hard to … Continue reading
After going bankrupt in 1915 from trying to finance construction of the Western Pacific, Missouri Pacific enjoyed the roaring 20s by borrowing money to gain control of a variety of railroads including International Great Northern, New Orleans, Texas & Mexico, … Continue reading
