Two years after yesterday’s 1965 timetable, Burlington’s timetable lost another four pages. My 1966 timetable was 24 pages, so the four pages disappeared in 1967. All four pages were lost in the “complete schedules” section, mainly by the removal of pages that just showed buses or no passenger trains at all.
Click image to download a 9.4-MB PDF of this 20-page timetable.
The menu cover shows the Chuck Wagon car on the Denver Zephyr. Interestingly, one woman is wearing a plaid jacket that almost matches the plaid curtains over the windows while another woman and girl are wearing red dresses similar the red of Burlington’s logo. Coincidences? Outside the windows is a passenger car in Great Northern colors, indicating the photo was probably taken at Burlington’s Chicago coach yards.
Interestingly enough, the June thru August schedule of the Denver Zephyr is 10 minutes longer westbound and 15 minutes longer eastbound than the remainder of the year. Padded to allow for the double stops required at certain stations due to an enlarged summer consist?