960 Miles in 960 Minutes

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This timetable, scans for which were contributed by a Streamliner Memories reader, went into effect just 40 days after New York Central inaugurated the Henry Dreyfus-designed streamlined 20th Century Limited. Wikipedia says this “was probably the most famous American passenger train” (not that Wikipedia is 100 percent reliable about such things).

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The bullet-nosed locomotive is pictured on the cover (actually the back cover) and also advertised, with a somewhat exaggerated illustration of the locomotive, on the other cover (technically the front cover) of this timetable. This ad states that the train went 960 miles in 960 minutes. New York to Chicago over the New York Central was actually 961 miles, but that didn’t have quite the ring to it. Continue reading →

Pennsylvania 1955 Calendar

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Entire books have been written about Grif Teller‘s paintings for Pennsylvania Railroad calendars. Teller painted 27 of the calendars between 1928 and 1958, with Pennsylvania turning to other artists during the war years.

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Most if not all of the calendars were 28-1/2″x28-1/2″ with the art filling most of the space and a 6″-high calendar pad at the bottom. While all of the paintings were gorgeous, I especially appreciate this one showing some of the more than 30 trains, each pulled by a GG1 electric locomotive, bringing people to and from the Army-Navy football game that was usually held in Philadelphia. The Pennsy began offering this service in 1936 and the trains continued under Amtrak until sometime in the 2000s. Continue reading →

PRR 1953 Annual Report

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I don’t have Pennsylvania’s 1951 or 1952 annual reports, but for those who care, the 1953 report includes financial results for every year between 1949 and 1953. This report also includes a statistical supplement that was printed in a separate appendix to earlier annual reports. That increases the length of this report to 40 pages instead of the 24 pages used in the 1947-1950 reports.

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Unfortunately, sometime between 1950 and 1953 the railroad stopped using Grif Teller’s paintings on its annual report covers, leaving this one somewhat plain. Inside are more photos and illustrations, however, including graphical representations of the railroad’s fleet on pages 16 and 17. Continue reading →

PRR 1950 Annual Report

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Despite a railroad strike early in the year, Pennsylvania Railroad profits grew from $12.5 million in 1949 to $38.4 million in 1950. This was largely due to increased traffic in the second half of the year resulting from the Korean War.

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PRR 1949 Annual Report

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Steelworkers went on strike in 1949, and PRR blamed this for the decline in net revenues from $34.4 million in 1948 to $12.5 million in 1949. The railroad reduced its passenger service by another 10 percent, but noted that increased fares counterbalanced the decline in ridership.

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The scene on the cover of this report, “Crossroads of Commerce,” is one of Grif Teller’s most famous paintings. Illustrating a scene near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it was also used on the 1950 calendar. This is the winter version of the painting; PRR used the summer version on its August, 1950, timetable. Continue reading →

PRR 1948 Annual Report

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PRR earned a net income of $34.4 million in 1948, a substantial increase from 1947’s $7.3 million. However, the report still complains that regulation depressed earnings and prevented the railroad from doing needed maintenance. “If it had been permissible, under regulation, for your Company to have priced its services — its transportation rates — in keeping with the cost of production under ordinary business principles, it would have been a very sound year,” the report ruefully explains.

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This annual report is accompanied by a letter indicating that this particular copy was sent to employees (which PRR spells “employes”) rather than stockholders. The letter is probably designed to discourage union workers from demanding higher pay in response to the increase in net revenues. “We haven’t had the money to do a lot of maintenance work that was put off during the war,” the letter explains. Continue reading →

PRR 1947 Annual Report

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The Pennsylvania Railroad increased its revenues in 1947 and, thanks to approved rate increases, earned a small profit of $7.3 million (compared with $49.0 million in 1945). Passenger revenues, however, dropped by $47.7 million from 1946, partly because fare increases were not authorized until near the end of the year. The company had earned substantial profits on its passenger trains during the war, but by 1947 passenger trains were no longer “a source of net revenue.”

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PRR 1946 Annual Report

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The Pennsylvania Railroad did a booming business in 1946, carrying more traffic than any previous peacetime year in its history. But it still managed to lose money, which it blamed on government regulation. Apparently, regulators ordered wage increases retroactive to the first of the year but failed to authorize rate increases to cover those increased wages.

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Despite recording a bottom-line loss of $10.9 million, the railroad paid out $19.8 million in dividends to stockholders (multiply by 10 to get today’s money). This allowed it to maintain its record of uninterrupted dividends for this, its 100th annual report. PRR still holds the record of more consecutive years of dividend payments than any company in history. Continue reading →

Farm Breakfast Menu

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This menu cover was designed especially for breakfast and promises milk from cows, eggs from chickens, bacon from pigs, and maybe there’s a wheat or corn field somewhere to provide cereal. Of course, there’s a C&NW 400 train in the background.

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As promised, the meals inside are mostly eggs and ham or bacon, though there are also griddle cakes and French toast. Six fruits and juices, a dozen kinds of hot or cold cereal, and a few different kinds of bread were also available. The most expensive meal on this 1961 menu was $2, or about $17.50 in today’s money.

Mount Rushmore

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The Chicago & North Western served Mount Rushmore with trains from Chicago to Rapid City, South Dakota. The trains terminated at Mount Rushmore, so people would have to make a special trip as opposed to stopping off on their way to somewhere else as they might to Glacier or Yellowstone parks.

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