The M-10002, as discussed yesterday, would continue to operate between Portland and Seattle until March 1943, making its last Seattle-Portland run on March 13, after which it would be retired. But it was still going strong in this 1942 timetable. … Continue reading
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Until the creation of Amtrak, the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Union Pacific “pooled” their passenger trains between Portland and Seattle. The trains were run mostly on tracks built by Northern Pacific but under some form of joint ownership. For … Continue reading
What a difference a few years makes! Since yesterday’s 1931 timetable, whose cover was a throw-back from 1910, the Rock Island had entered the streamlined era, leading to a complete makeover of the railroad and its advertising. The orange cover … Continue reading
The Golden State Limited was still an all-Pullman train when this timetable was issued, a status it would soon lose due to the Depression. In 1932, Southern Pacific would add a chair car between Los Angeles and Phoenix. By 1934, … Continue reading
Yesterday’s booklet mentioned a “new fast” but as yet unnamed Chicago-Los Angeles train that would be introduced on December 28, 1924, the same day as the Golden State Limited was reequipped with new cars. Actually, the “new” train was the … Continue reading
I noted a few months ago how surprisingly colorful Missouri Pacific’s mid-1950s timetables were compared with those of other railroads. This is underscored by the drab Burlington timetable shown here a couple of weeks ago. Click image to download a … Continue reading
Here’s another railroad that put their main timetable covers (as shown below) on the back. The front cover on this timetable is an ad with a larger four-color photo of “L&N’s Country Ham Breakfast,” which consisted of salt-cured ham, red … Continue reading
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio was one of several railroads that offered passenger service in the hotly competitive corridor between Chicago and St. Louis. In 1960, when the first timetable below was issued, it offered “8 trains daily,” meaning four in … Continue reading
Someone imperiously stamped “Official File Do Not Remove” on the front and back covers of this timetable. But since the New Haven Railroad is defunct, it got removed and somehow found its way into my hands. Click image to download … Continue reading
I am mainly interested in passenger trains, so I have very few employee timetables in my collection since they aren’t something that passengers would normally encounter. However, Streamliner Memories reader Chris Taylor contributed this one, and I’m grateful to him … Continue reading