Yesterday’s April 1955 timetable was probably the last C&NW timetable before Union Pacific yanked its streamliners away from the North Western and over to the Milwaukee Road. It was 44 pages long, and this one is a respectable 36. Clearly, … Continue reading
The city-of-everywhere Gold Coast, which was included on yesterday’s timetable, is gone from this one. The columns used to display it were filled on this timetable with the National Parks Special (which Union Pacific timetables called the Yellowstone Special), a … Continue reading
I recently purchased several dozen timetables from various railroads despite the dealer warning that all were damaged in some way. In fact, most were in pretty condition, but this is an exception. It looks like it was completely soaked with … Continue reading
This brochure has eight panels printed on both sides, yet other than the cover shown below, only one panel discusses the 1939 San Francisco World’s Fair. Surprisingly, the brochure never calls the fair by its real name, the Golden Gate … Continue reading
The North Western Limited was for many years the Chicago & North Western’s premiere overnight train that ran entirely over its own rails. It was completely re-equipped in 1928 and the 16 crisp black-and-white photos in this 1929 booklet show … Continue reading
Here’s a timetable from just a few months before Union Pacific yanked its passenger trains away from the North Western and gave them to the Milwaukee Road instead. The schedule shows three trains a day between Chicago and Los Angeles, … Continue reading
The first railway post office car began operating in 1862 on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, a predecessor of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. In 1884, the Post Office Department decided it needed a fast-mail service between the east … Continue reading
The Chicago-Twin Cities corridor was served by a remarkable number of railroads. In addition to the St. Paul, North Western, and Burlington, the Wisconsin Central (later Soo Line), Minneapolis & St. Louis, Chicago Great Western, and Rock Island all attempted … 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
The Black Hills gold rush was over by 1888, when Chicago & North Western issued this brochure about the Dakota territory (which would be made into states the following year). Instead of mentioning gold, the brochure focuses on the productivity … Continue reading
