This 1946 brochure introduces Louisville & Nashville’s Cincinnati-New Orleans all-coach streamliner. Built by American Car & Foundry with stainless steel trim, the train included a diner, tavern-lounge, and five coaches. Though it went about the same distance as Illinois Central’s … Continue reading
In the five years since yesterday’s edition, L&N’s timetable lost another 16 pages. The station index had been cut from two pages to one, rail fares were cut from two pages to one-and-a-half, four pages of connecting trains were eliminated … Continue reading
New streamlined sleeping cars were added to the Pan-American, Humming Bird, Georgian, and Gulf Wind, brags the advertisement on this timetable’s front cover (the back cover being the one shown below). The Pullman-built cars included bedrooms, roomettes, and sections. Click … Continue reading
Yesterday’s post mentioned that the Chicago-Florida South Wind, Dixie Flagler, Georgian, and the Humming Bird were all-coach trains in 1946. The front cover of this timetable (the cover below being the back) advertises that sleeping cars were added to these … Continue reading
As far as long-distance passengers go, the Louisville & Nashville was primarily a bridge railroad, carrying trains over a part of their journey that also went on several other railroads. Between New York and New Orleans, for example, L&N covered … Continue reading
Here’s another railroad that put their main timetable covers (as shown below) on the back. The front cover on this timetable is an ad with a larger four-color photo of “L&N’s Country Ham Breakfast,” which consisted of salt-cured ham, red … Continue reading
At one time, the Louisville & Nashville had five trains on the “Dixie Route” to Florida, but by 1965 it was down to just one: the South Wind, which left Chicago at 8:35 am and arrived in St. Petersburg the … Continue reading
Judging from the “C-NO-NO-C” code on the bottom of page 3, this menu was used on one of L&N’s two Cincinnati-New Orleans trains, the Humming Bird or Pan-American. The former left Cincinnati in the afternoon and New Orleans in the … Continue reading
Here are some more Florida blotters from the Dale Hastin collection, this time from the Louisville & Nashville. The PDFs of each blotter are between 350 and 450 KB in size. Most of the trains list on this 1920s-era blotter … Continue reading
In addition to the ones already shown here, I am grateful to Ellery Goode for contributing more than 30 other timetables. I was going to present them in alphabetical order, but it makes more sense to group them by geography. … Continue reading
