At first glance, this timetable appears to be exactly like the one presented yesterday: 20 pages long with almost no ads but still lots of trains. However, a few trains have disappeared. Click image to download an 11.7-MB PDF of … Continue reading
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Rock Island timetables stunningly shrank from 36 to 20 pages in 1957. We’ve previously seen a 36-page timetable from November 1956 and a 20-page timetable from May 1957. If there were any timetables between these two, they were probably also … Continue reading
A full-page ad on the inside back cover of this timetable celebrates Rock Island Line, which became a hit song in 1955. According to Wikipedia, the first version of this song was written in 1929 and performed by members of … Continue reading
While most of the front-cover ads on Rock Island timetables presented here in the last nine days have featured the Golden State, this one advertises a Rocket — and not just any Rocket but the Jet Rocket, whose Aerotrain-like locomotive … Continue reading
A full-page ad on the inside back cover of this timetable highlights the “Rock Island States of America,” fourteen states served by that railroad. This reminds me that the Rock Island and the Burlington were very similar railroads serving largely … Continue reading
“Train travel approaches perfection” on the Golden State, gushes the ad on the front cover of this timetable. The ad mentions El Paso, Douglas, Tucson, Chandler, Phoenix, and Palm Springs as important destinations between Kansas City and Los Angeles. Click … Continue reading
“When Old Man Weather gives you the cold shoulder, there’s only one thing to do,” says the advertisement on the front cover of this timetable: “hie yourself off to Southern Arizona or California, where Nature has done such a noble … Continue reading
The front page ad on this edition promotes not only the Golden State and Rocky Mountain Rocket but also the Twin Star Rocket, which went between the Twin Cities (in the North Star state) and Houston (in the Lone Star … Continue reading
The Golden State was “the train to the Southwest,” says the front cover ad, “where the sun shines in Arizona and southern California.” As savvy ticket agents might tell travelers, the Santa Fe might also have gone through Arizona, but … Continue reading
According to Classic Trains magazine, the last Rock Island steam locomotive was retired in December 1953. In anticipation, the railroad introduced a new timetable cover showing Diesels pulling both passenger and freight trains. Click image to download a 19.7-MB PDF … Continue reading