In the five years since yesterday’s edition, L&N’s timetable lost another 16 pages. The station index had been cut from two pages to one, rail fares were cut from two pages to one-and-a-half, four pages of connecting trains were eliminated … Continue reading
New streamlined sleeping cars were added to the Pan-American, Humming Bird, Georgian, and Gulf Wind, brags the advertisement on this timetable’s front cover (the back cover being the one shown below). The Pullman-built cars included bedrooms, roomettes, and sections. Click … Continue reading
Yesterday’s post mentioned that the Chicago-Florida South Wind, Dixie Flagler, Georgian, and the Humming Bird were all-coach trains in 1946. The front cover of this timetable (the cover below being the back) advertises that sleeping cars were added to these … Continue reading
As far as long-distance passengers go, the Louisville & Nashville was primarily a bridge railroad, carrying trains over a part of their journey that also went on several other railroads. Between New York and New Orleans, for example, L&N covered … Continue reading
The premise of this brochure is that the Louisville & Nashville route from the Midwest to New Orleans is the most scenic route because it follows “the beautiful Gulf Coast.” The alternative would have been to follow the Mississippi River … Continue reading
Here’s another railroad that put their main timetable covers (as shown below) on the back. The front cover on this timetable is an ad with a larger four-color photo of “L&N’s Country Ham Breakfast,” which consisted of salt-cured ham, red … Continue reading
In addition to the ones already shown here, I am grateful to Ellery Goode for contributing more than 30 other timetables. I was going to present them in alphabetical order, but it makes more sense to group them by geography. … Continue reading
Biloxi, Mississippi; New Orleans; Mobile, Alabama; and Pensacola, Florida are familiar names among the Gulf Coast resort towns advertised in this brochure. But some are not so familiar, including De Funiak Springs, Florida; Evergreen, Alabama; Ocean Springs, Mississippi; and Harrogate, … Continue reading
The Louisville & Nashville‘s main line in 1886 was from Cincinnati to New Orleans (via Louisville and Nashville), with branches to Memphis, Knoxville, and Lexington plus another line or branch from St. Louis to Nashville. The railroad offered two trains … Continue reading
At first glance this looks like an ordinary 8″x9″ railroad advertising booklet, printed on individual sheets that are 16″ wide. It turns out, however, that each page unfolds to be 16″ wide, so the sheets they are printed on are … Continue reading
