This timetable shows six trains a day between Chicago and the Twin Cities, but two of them — the Pioneer and the Columbian — are really the same train, so there were in fact just five. In addition to the … Continue reading
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In addition to the color photos on the cover, this timetable makes some interesting if questionable uses of color. The inside front cover pictures two cars from the Prospector and one from the California Zephyr using black-and-white photos but with … Continue reading
Issued just six months after yesterday’s condensed timetable, not much changed between the two. As a complete timetable, this one provides more details that were omitted from yesterday’s, but not enough to answer any of the questions raised yesterday, such … Continue reading
Burlington’s condensed timetables of the 1950s had ten tables, led by the Chicago-Denver corridor in table 1. This table shows six zephyrs and three other trains: two going as far as Galesville (and continuing on to Kansas City), one as … Continue reading
Although the Dotsero Cutoff had yet to be built, the first schedule in this timetable showed how to take the Burlington to California via the Rio Grande and Western Pacific. The map accompanying the schedule shows Denver-Pueblo-Salt Lake City in … Continue reading
As of 1887, three different railroads — the Denver & Rio Grande; Denver, Texas & Gulf (later Colorado & Southern); and Santa Fe — had lines from Denver to Pueblo. They competed until 1918, when the federal government temporarily took … Continue reading
Although issued a year before Amtrak, this is the last Union Pacific passenger timetable I can find. Union Pacific managed to fill 24 pages, but much of it was fluff, with some trains being repeated on five or more pages. … Continue reading
“Daily through September 15,” says the back cover ad on this timetable, “the Challenger will operate as an all coach domeliner on a convenient new summer schedule.” Before June 1 and after September 15, the Challenger and City of Los … Continue reading
The back cover ad on this timetable spins bad news to make it sound good. First, it says that “beginning on June 2,” the City of Los Angeles “will be all Pullman” while the Challenger “will be all coach.” What … Continue reading
In May 1947, Union Pacific added a color cover to its timetables. The first color cover showed an Armour yellow E-2 Diesel-powered streamliner pacing a 4-8-4 steam locomotive pulling a grey passenger train. This cover remained in use at least … Continue reading