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A number of changes were made in the 18 months between yesterday’s timetable and today’s. The most obvious is that the one-page map on page 5, which is where it was located since the timetables were cut to 20 pages … Continue reading
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As with yesterday’s timetable, this one has no major changes but it does have some minor tinkering in the schedules. Fifteen minutes have been added to the schedule of train #9, the southbound Corn Belt Rocket, between Minneapolis and Omaha. … Continue reading
It took me awhile to figure out why some Rock Island timetables of the 1950s had black logos on a red background while others had red logos on a black background. It appears the black logos were on spring-summer timetables … Continue reading
The schedules on this timetable are pretty similar to those on the April 1958 edition with the exception of the disappearance of trains 11 & 12. While there must be some minor changes, the only major change I can find … Continue reading
Most of the Rock Island timetables we’ve seen went into effect in either April/May or October/November. This condensed timetable, which compresses four pages of the standard timetable into two, is dated “effective June 29.” Click image to download an 1.6-MB … Continue reading
At first glance, this timetable appears to be exactly like the one presented yesterday: 20 pages long with almost no ads but still lots of trains. However, a few trains have disappeared. Click image to download an 11.7-MB PDF of … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
A full-page ad on the inside back cover of this timetable celebrates Rock Island Line, which became a hit song in 1955. According to Wikipedia, the first version of this song was written in 1929 and performed by members of … Continue reading
While most of the front-cover ads on Rock Island timetables presented here in the last nine days have featured the Golden State, this one advertises a Rocket — and not just any Rocket but the Jet Rocket, whose Aerotrain-like locomotive … Continue reading
A full-page ad on the inside back cover of this timetable highlights the “Rock Island States of America,” fourteen states served by that railroad. This reminds me that the Rock Island and the Burlington were very similar railroads serving largely … Continue reading