The front cover of this timetable promotes the “extra fare Golden State” as a “delightful” way of getting to “southern Arizona or California.” As noted here before, the Golden State was slower to California than the City of Los Angeles … Continue reading
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In 1951, the Rock Island’s passenger trains were completely Dieselized while it still used both steam and Diesels for hauling its freight trains. At least, that’s the implication of this cover (which is the back cover), which shows multiple Diesels … Continue reading
Most pages of this timetable are nearly identical to those of yesterday’s, which was issued 17 months before. In place of the “vacation I.Q. test” was a blurb about the Panama Limited. The ad didn’t say so, but in 1952 … Continue reading
“Test your vacation I.Q.” invites the front cover of this timetable (the cover shown below being the back cover). This test, however, was somewhat deceptive. Click image to download an 18.0-MB PDF of this 36-page timetable. “Is Florida too warm … Continue reading
Annoyingly, the inside front cover of this timetable says that the Eagles are the “smoothest way West-Southwest.” As I complained a few days ago, except for its line to Pueblo, Missouri Pacific didn’t serve the West or the Southwest, so … Continue reading
The inside front cover of this timetable has nice silhouettes of ten sets of MP passenger Diesels and the first car of passenger trains representing the various members of the Eagle “flock.” That includes the St. Louis-Texas Texas Eagle, St. … Continue reading
The inside front cover of this timetable advertises that the Texas Eagles go between St. Louis and Texas “overnight,” allowing for morning arrivals in St. Louis and reasonable arrivals at “most of the principal cities of Texas.” If the principal … Continue reading
The inside front cover of this timetable continues to promote the new Texas Eagle. The page before the centerfold map is an article about Austin while the page after is about Galveston. The inside back cover appears to be the … Continue reading
The inside front cover of this timetable “welcomes the Texas Eagles, 4 new streamliners between New York, Washington, St. Louis and the principal cities of Texas.” Though this timetable went into effect on August 29, the Texas Eagles were inaugurated … Continue reading
The inside front cover of this timetable advertises the through sleeping cars and coaches between New York and Texas on the Sunshine Special, a train that was inaugurated in 1915 and probably still carried heavyweight cars (and is shown being … Continue reading