Union Pacific’s 1947 timetable had four trains a day between Chicago-Los Angeles and Chicago-San Francisco, and three a day between Chicago and Portland. By 1958, it was down to three a day in the summer/two a day in the off … Continue reading
Union Pacific sent this time table, along with a map and a brochure about Hoover Dam, to George Trowbridge of Battle Creek, Michigan in September, 1947. Page 1 of the timetable notes that the streamliners City of Los Angeles, San … Continue reading
Milwaukee’s timetable expanded from four pages in 1968 to six in 1970. Yet the trains were fewer than ever; the extra pages are filled with a station index, list of agents, and a table of fares, all of which were … Continue reading
The Milwaukee’s 40-page 1956 timetable was, by 1968, reduced to just four pages, no longer than the 1951 Pacific Northwest timetable. These four pages contain just eight tables of trains. Click image to download a 2.8-MB PDF of this timetable. … Continue reading
Together with yesterday’s timetable, we have snapshots of Milwaukee Road passenger operations before and after Union Pacific transferred its trains from Chicago & North Western to the Milwaukee. The two timetables have the same number of pages even though this … Continue reading
Train numbers 17 & 18 once denoted the Columbian, but by the time of this timetable they had lost the name, only operated as far as Marmarth, ND, and were merged with the Pioneer Limited east of Minneapolis. Click image … Continue reading
This 1951 timetable focuses on the Olympian Hiawatha and Columbian. It also includes schedules for the Morning Hiawatha from Chicago to the Twin Cities, but for some reason not the Afternoon Hiawatha, even though that train continued to operate for … Continue reading
The Milwaukee Road was a direct competitor over many of its routes with the Chicago & North Western. Both offered a dozen trains a day between Chicago and Milwaukee and several more trains a day to various cities in Iowa, … Continue reading
After the Union Pacific removed its City trains from the Chicago and North Western to the Milwaukee Road in 1956, C&NW passenger service rapidly declined. By 1962, when this timetable was produced, it had just five routes left: Chicago-Twin Cities … Continue reading
This well-worn timetable features the 400s, the not-yet-daily Streamliners, and numerous steam-powered, heavyweight trains. For some reason, the City of Portland is trains 1 & 2, while other streamliners are numbered much higher: 101 & 102 City of San Francisco, … Continue reading