Pennsylvania timetables lost another four pages in 1958. The keystone-emphasizing (back) cover shown below was a throwback to the 1920s, when printing costs or techniques didn’t allow for four-color pictures or other elaborate features. Click image to download a 25.1-MB … Continue reading
In 1955, Pennsylvania’s timetables shrank from 56 to 52 pages, which is the size of today’s timetable. It’s difficult to see what’s missing, as the tables have been reorganized and renumbered. A few branchline trains that were running in 1954 … Continue reading
New York is America’s largest city and many residents probably thought of the New York Central as “their” railroad as opposed to that other railroad run by people from Philadelphia. Yet Pennsylvania was the larger, more profitable railroad, and its … Continue reading
Railfan.net has more than 1,000 Pennsylvania Railroad timetables, but one not found there is the October 1955 edition. Fortunately, Ellery Goode has contributed scans of that timetable to Streamliner Memories. Click image to download a 30.7-MB PDF of this timetable. … Continue reading
When this brochure was published in 1949, the Pennsylvania had five trains a day between New York and St. Louis. Three had both coaches and sleepers: the American (which had through cars to Tulsa on the Frisco), the Penn-Texas (which … Continue reading
In 1949, when this brochure was issued, the Pennsylvania had managed to close the time disadvantage it had from the B&O. From Washington to Chicago, the B&O’s route was 767 miles while the Pennsylvania’s was 837, but both the Capitol … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania had a dozen trains a day between New York and Chicago in 1929, declining to as few as eight during the Depression. In 1937, it added a new train, the General. A railroad with that many trains on … Continue reading
If the all-Pullman Broadway Limited was a basket case before the war, the all-coach Trail Blazer was Pennsylvania’s success story. Inaugurated on July 28, 1939, the same day as New York Central’s all-coach Pacemaker, the Trail Blazer attracted 16 percent … Continue reading
In the mid-1930s, passenger service on the Pennsylvania Railroad was in trouble. The Pennsy was the largest railroad with the largest fleet of passenger trains in the world. Like all railroads, the Pennsylvania was hurt by the Depression, but as … Continue reading
No matter which route you took from New York City to Florida, you would ride on the Pennsylvania as far as Washington, DC. The Pennsylvania also competed with the Southern in Midwest-Florida service. Click image to download a 6.4-MB PDF … Continue reading
