Wikipedia says the demonym for Kansas City is Kansas Citian, but Santa Fe named its Chicago-to-Dallas via Kansas City streamlined train the Kansas Cityan. When the train went in the reverse direction, it was called the Chicagoan. Originally, the trains … Continue reading
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This card presents the 1966 timetable for the Grand Canyon, with westbound on the front and eastbound on the back. The card is in the same format as the timetables in the timetables of principal trains, though with differences in … Continue reading
The train schedules in this full timetable are pretty similar to those in yesterday’s timetable of principal trains. The extra space in this version is used for an index of stations, schedules of connecting trains on other railroads, and a … Continue reading
This is Santa Fe’s version of what other railroads called a “condensed” timetable, with schedules of major trains, equipment, a small map, and a brief list of fares. The “principal train” include the Super Chief, Chief, El Capitan, San Francisco … Continue reading
In 1953, the Santa Fe still ran numerous heavyweight trains. The Super Chief and El Capitan operated daily, and the all-Pullman Chief had been completely streamlined and took about six hours longer to go from Chicago to L.A. than the … Continue reading
The streamlined Super Chief (trains 17 & 18) ran once a week each way between Chicago and Los Angeles in this 1937 timetable. Otherwise, Santa Fe trains were all heavyweights, most notably including: Trains 1 & 2, the all-coach Scout, … Continue reading
This January 8, 1950 timetable just covers Burlington’s Chicago-Denver route, including trains to Galesburg, Omaha, and Lincoln, as well as trains that diverge from this route to Kansas City and other Missouri cities. The timetable shows an impressive eleven trains … Continue reading
If yesterday’s timetable was one of the first ones issued for the California Zephyr, this one was the last one. Curiously, while yesterday’s has the logos of all three partner railroads, this one is just from the Western Pacific, the … Continue reading
The California Zephyr began operating in 1949, so this timetable, which went into effect on March 1, 1950, is one of the earliest ones produced for the train. In addition to departure times from all 30 or so cities along … Continue reading
Though stretched over six panels, instead of the four used in the 1934 timetable, this timetable has, of course, fewer trains. Gone are the narrow-gauge trains over Marshal and La Veta passes. Gone is the Scenic Limited. Gone are trains … Continue reading