Since 1885, the St. Paul Road had expanded in several states. It purchased the Milwaukee & Northern, giving it access to northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s upper peninsula. It built new branch lines in the Dakotas and Iowa. Most importantly, it extended its line from Ottumwa, Iowa to Kansas City and St. Joseph, Missouri.

Click image to download an 24.2-MB PDF of this timetable, which is from the David Rumsey map collection.

Unfortunately, its Chicago-Kansas City passenger trains weren’t very competitive considering its route was at least 60 miles longer than the Santa Fe’s. Its trains from Milwaukee to Kansas City were slightly more competitive.

The 1885 maps shows a planned line from Chamberlain, in eastern Dakota territory, to Rapid City and Deadwood. That line was still not built by 1893. The St. Paul Road would finally reach Rapid City in 1907, but by that time the Deadwood gold rush was over so Rapid City became the end of the line.

Like the 1885 timetable, this one comes with a helpful index of cities and towns. It also shows both east- and westbound trains.