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 may have stopped in 1955.

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Although Grif Teller did calendars for PRR in 1957 and 1958, the railroad stopped using his paintings on its timetable covers after 1956. This probably an economy decision: along with Missouri Pacific, PRR was one of the only railroads to use four-color illustrations on its timetables. Indeed, to save money, the Grif Teller painting used on the March 1956 timetable was printed in black-and-white.

After March 1956, PRR printed black-and-white photos on several timetables, including October and December 1957. Today’s timetable, however, used the back cover illustration shown above. The front cover was an ad for PRR’s New York-Washington service, which offered “40 trains daily” (which meant 20 trains each way).