Norfolk & Western February 1954 Timetable

This timetable is dated February 28, just two months after yesterdays, which was dated January 1. Most railroads issued timetables every three to six months, so this seems an unusually short period before a reissue.

Click image to download a 13.5-MB PDF of this timetable contributed by Ellery Goode.

A careful comparison reveals one change. In January, the Pennsylvania Railroad’s southbound connection to the New Orleans-bound Pelican had a different schedule on Sundays from other days of the week, while the northbound connection was the same all seven days. As of today’s February 28 timetable, however, PRR had a different north- as well as southbound connection to the Pelican on Sundays.

There may be other differences, but that’s the only one I could find. My guess is that N&W wouldn’t have updated the timetable after just two months but PRR’s timetable updates were on a different, well, timetable than N&W’s, and what PRR did was beyond Norfolk’s control.


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