On the day after Christmas in 1960, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Munsell and a third person took a trip from Portland to Los Angeles, via Martinez, and back. This ticket envelope says they left Portland at 7:45 am, which would … Continue reading
Category Archives: Southern Pacific
Here’s the 1953 edition of the 1949 timetable shown here a couple of days ago. All of the same trains are still on the timetable, though most of the times have changed slightly. Click image to download a 4.6-MB PDF … Continue reading
The 56-page 1947 timetable had shrunk to 48 pages by 1952. Pages for the Sunset-Golden State routes had gone from 14 to 13; the Overland Route from 5 to 4; the Shasta Route from 7 to 5; and California routes … Continue reading
Here’s the Coast Route edition of the six-panel condensed timetable we’ve previously seen. Unlike the Sunset-Golden State edition, which also lists the West Coast of Mexico route, or the Shasta Route edition, which also summarized the Coast Route trains, this … Continue reading
This 56-page timetable should be a complete record of Southern Pacific passenger trains in 1947. Fourteen pages cover the Sunset/Golden State routes; the Overland Route requires just five pages; seven pages for the Shasta Route; twelve pages for California routes … Continue reading
The centerfold of this little booklet has room for two simple meals each for breakfast, dinner, and supper, plus some a la carte items. Dinner entrĂ©es included lamb chop or egg; supper included bacon and egg or hot vegetable plate. … Continue reading
The United States had entered World War II by the time yesterday’s issue of West came out, but the editors of that issue didn’t know that when they were putting it together. They certainly knew by July, 1942, when this … Continue reading
Here’s another issue of West without a cover date, but it does have a date of “1-1-42” in tiny print on the back cover. The interior pages include the Sunset Route north of the border, including the Alamo, New Orleans, … Continue reading
This issue of West features California’s coast between San Francisco and San Diego. Special emphasis is given to Monterey, with its “five superb golf courses,” and Santa Barbara. Monterey has at least 20 golf courses today, some of which are … Continue reading
This is the same six-panel format as yesterday’s timetable, yet only two panels are devoted to trains on the Shasta Route. Two more pages cover trains between San Francisco/Oakland and Los Angeles. There’s also a half page of connecting trains … Continue reading