We’ve previously seen eight different timetables with this cover, including May 1964 and May 1965. Somehow I overlooked this January 1965 edition.
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In the mid-1960s, Great Northern published three timetables a year: January, May, and October. There weren’t a lot of differences between them. The May timetables note that a passenger services representative rode the Western Star and Empire Builder in the summer months to help passengers obtain the best experiences on board the trains. The Empire Builder‘s 60-seat coach for short-distance passengers didn’t require reservations in the winter but did in the summer. Continue reading