The next major event on the road to Amtrak took place in 1967 when attorney Anthony Haswell formed the National Association of Railroad Passengers. Born in Dayton, Ohio and educated at the University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan, Haswell … Continue reading
Jointly issued by nine different railroads in 1948, this brochure unfolds into the equivalent of a 12-page 8″-by-9″ booklet. About a quarter of the brochure describes the “East’s luxurious modern trains,” while most of the rest features potential destinations. The … Continue reading
Where the New York Central offered five combinations of coast-to-coast sleeping cars, the Pennsylvania had just four. First and most prestigious was the Broadway Limited–Super Chief, an extra-fare duo that left New York at 6 pm and arrived in Los … Continue reading
This 1953 booklet is mainly about freight for shippers, but it includes a photos of passenger trains and stations. The Pennsylvania (no need to add the word “railroad” in those days) was still riding high after the war, so it … Continue reading
Previously featured here, the all-coach Jeffersonian was the St. Louis version of the New York-Chicago Trail Blazer. The latter train was inaugurated in 1939 and was successful enough for the Pennsylvania to begin operating the Jeffersonian in 1941. After the … Continue reading
This booklet is full of self-congratulations, and at the time it probably seemed well-deserved. The Pennsylvania Railroad was at one time not only the largest company in the world, it had a bigger budget and employed more people than the … Continue reading
As indicated on the letterhead, the Havana Special was a joint Pennsylvania/RF&P/Atlantic Coast Line/Florida East Coast train that went from New York to Key West, where it met a steamship that took a six-hour journey to Havana. The Labor Day … Continue reading
These blotters are from the Dale Hastin collection. As usual, click the images to download PDFs of the blotters, which are 300 to 600 KB in size. Listing agents in Jacksonville, Atlanta, and Washington, the first blotter advertises trains to … Continue reading
Except for the date on the cover, this seems to be page-by-page identical to yesterday’s April, 1964 timetable. This one is from my own collection and I am including it for There are a lot other movements with which one … Continue reading
Pennsy’s Washington-New York service was down from 20 trains a day in 1950 to eleven in 1964; Chicago-New York was down to five from eight in 1950; the Chicago-Washington Liberty Limited was gone and instead two of the Chicago-New York … Continue reading
