The C&S timetable was reduced from 12 pages in the 1946 edition to eight pages in 1963. Yet the railroad still offered two trains a day between Denver and Dallas, trains 1 & 2, the Texas Zephyr, and trains 7 … Continue reading
This timetable provides a snapshot of the Burlington during the post-war transition period. The Empire Builder had been streamlined, and the Twin Zephyrs had some of the nation’s first dome cars. But the California Zephyr had yet to be introduced … Continue reading
The Colorado & Southern traces its history to several Colorado railroads connecting mining communities such as Georgetown, Leadville, and Cripple Creek with Denver and Colorado Springs. Other lines went to Pueblo and Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Union Pacific bought controlling interest … Continue reading
By 1969, the Northern Pacific timetable has shrunk to the equivalent of eight pages and looks more like what was once called a “condensed timetable.” Unlike the 1966 timetable, this one for 1969 doesn’t have an index of stations, fares, … Continue reading
Northern Pacific’s timetable shockingly dropped from 28 pages in its 1966 timetables to a mere 8 pages in 1967. The main difference is the deletion of material not directly related to NP schedules, including one page of “general information for … Continue reading
This timetable has just as many pages as yesterday’s Summer, 1966 schedule, but a couple of minor trains are missing. The route between Duluth and Staples, Minnesota, had two trains a day in the summer timetable, reduced to one in … Continue reading
NP’s timetable has shrunk from 32 pages in 1960 to 28 in 1966, but a lot of those pages are fluff. While the NP still had branch-line passenger trains on more than a dozen routes in Minnesota and North Dakota … Continue reading
The North Coast Limited gained Slumbercoaches by 1960, their gleaming stainless steel interrupting the train’s otherwise solid two-tone green colors. In addition to the Mainstreeter, the timetable still shows trains 3 and 4 from St. Paul, though now they terminate … Continue reading
Although Northern Pacific streamlined the North Coast Limited in 1948, the train remained on the older, slower schedule until November, 1952. As reflected in this 1953 timetable, at that time it speeded up the North Coast Limited and replaced the … Continue reading
Northern Pacific advertised the streamlined North Coast Limited, but this timetable offered far fewer trains than were on the 1926 schedule. Gone was the Yellowstone Comet. Gone were most of the local trains between Fargo and Spokane. Gone was the … Continue reading