At the end of 1954, New York Central’s timetable still filled 52 pages, the same as in 1946. But that doesn’t mean it was running as many trains as it did right after the war.

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In 1946, New York Central’s timetable included 71 different tables showing the schedules for at least 136 different trains. By December 1954, the number of tables had declined to 53 listing about 114 different trains. Most of the missing trains were on branches such as Chicago-Harrisburg, Illinois, Pittsburgh-Youngstown, and Buffalo-Massena. However, a few overnight trains on major routes such as the New York-Chicago Mohawk and Water Level Limited had also disappeared.