In 1862, the first steam locomotive in Minnesota arrived in St. Paul, then a bustling frontier town of about 12,000 people. But the locomotive didn’t arrive by rail. Thanks to St. Anthony Falls, which were 16 to 20 feet high, … Continue reading
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We’ve previously seen a summer, 1937 Great Northern timetable. This one is from three years later, and there are only minor differences. The schedules of the Empire Builder appear to have been left completely unchanged. Minor trains have slightly different … Continue reading
The tops of most pages of this timetable have helpful admonitions, such as “Fire Destroys – Save the Forests”; travel advice, such as “Santa Cruz Big Trees – Easily Reached”; or outright ads, such as “Eight Trains Daily, Each Way, … Continue reading
Texas & Pacific, the cover of this timetable asserts, was the “short line” from “New Orleans to all points in northern Texas, California, Colorado & the West.” That seems to be true in terms of miles: the Southern Pacific route … Continue reading
Since 1885, the St. Paul Road had expanded in several states. It purchased the Milwaukee & Northern, giving it access to northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s upper peninsula. It built new branch lines in the Dakotas and Iowa. Most importantly, it … Continue reading
The Burlington Route made several expansions since the 1885 timetable presented here a month ago. Most importantly, it opened its own line from Chicago to the Twin Cities, ending its reliance on St. Paul Road tracks. In the West, it … Continue reading
This is an update of the 1884 timetable shown here a month ago. At that time, I noted that the timetable was “peculiar” because it focused on connections with other railroads rather than displaying the Southern Pacific’s own timetables. The … Continue reading
Unlike yesterday’s brochure, which was mostly text with only two panels of timetables, this one is mostly timetables with no supplementary text other than footnotes. One side has nine panels of timetables while the other has one timetable panel, one … Continue reading
Biloxi, Mississippi; New Orleans; Mobile, Alabama; and Pensacola, Florida are familiar names among the Gulf Coast resort towns advertised in this brochure. But some are not so familiar, including De Funiak Springs, Florida; Evergreen, Alabama; Ocean Springs, Mississippi; and Harrogate, … Continue reading
In 1879, Boston & Maine consisted of a line from Boston to Portland with one or two minor branch lines. By 1888, it had leased or acquired enough other railroads to become a New England powerhouse. Click image to download … Continue reading