The Gold Coast was gone in 1955. To keep up the appearance of three trains per day between Chicago and Los Angeles, this timetable lists the San Francisco Overland combined with the City of St. Louis as a possible route. … Continue reading
This was the first timetable to feature the streamlined Challenger. The heavyweight train of that name was discontinued in 1947 and replaced by the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast was still on this timetable, but would disappear by the end … Continue reading
The appears to be the first Union Pacific timetable to have two streamliners on each cover picture. Yesterday’s timetable, which was issued three months before this one, had a streamliner and a steam-powered train that was presumably a heavyweight. That … Continue reading
This timetable was issued just four months after the previous one shown here, so there are only a few changes. The biggest may be that the schedule for the Gold Coast between Chicago and San Francisco was tightened up by … Continue reading
This timetable came out just two months after the previous one, so there aren’t going to be a lot of changes in it. However, I want to point out the density of passenger trains between two modest-sized cities: Ogden (which … Continue reading
As I’ve previously noted, many railroads were forced to make changes to their timetables in 1951 as a result of an Interstate Commerce Commission rule that went into effect that year requiring railroads to either install automatic train controls or … Continue reading
Union Pacific ran a mix of streamlined and heavyweight trains in 1950 as indicated by its timetable covers, which showed a bulbous-nosed streamliner next to a steam-powered train whose cars appear streamlined but are evidently made to represent heavyweights. In … Continue reading
Here is one of Union Pacific’s 8-1/2″x11″ brochures advertising various destinations. We’ve previously seen a 1941 brochure for the Pacific Northwest, a 1953 brochure also for the Pacific Northwest, as well as ones for Colorado from 1953, Yellowstone from 1954, … Continue reading
We’ve seen 8-1/2″x11″ brochures like this one before, including this 1954 brochure about southern Utah parks. The earliest one we’ve seen is this 1941 brochure about the Pacific Northwest. Today’s, however, is even earlier than that, being dated 4-25-40. Click … Continue reading
Union Pacific’s 1939 timetable, this copy of which was contributed by a Streamliner Memories reader, shows three daily trains each between Chicago and Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco, and Chicago and Portland. However, this is a little deceptive as … Continue reading
