The Alton’s 1885 timetable was the same format as yesterday’s 1884 timetable, with the same information on most of the same panels. Instead of filling an entire page, the map covers only a little more than two of the 14 … Continue reading
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The Chicago & Alton had passenger trains between Chicago & St. Louis, St. Louis & Kansas City; and Chicago & Kansas City. In 1884, it offered two trains a day on each route, and this timetable provided schedules in both … Continue reading
Before Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, there was Chicago Union Depot, which opened in 1881. The depot served joint owners Pennsylvania, Burlington, Chicago & Alton, and what is now called the Milwaukee Road but was then called the St. … Continue reading
The Chicago & Alton (whose name was changed to simply the Alton Railroad in 1931) offered as many as seven trains a day each way between Chicago and St. Louis. The following blotter advertises its premiere train: the Alton Limited. … Continue reading
This oddly off-center letterhead served four different trains: the Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, and Alton Limited, all of which connected Chicago with St. Louis; and the Gulf Coast Rebel, between St. Louis and Mobile. The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad … Continue reading
Four railroads competed for business in the Chicago-to-St. Louis corridor: the Illinois Central; Alton; Chicago & Eastern Illinois; and Wabash. At least two of them acquired streamliners before the war. I’ve already mentioned the Illinois Central Green Diamond, which was … Continue reading