A few days ago, I noted that the Burlington had eliminated all of its large ads from its timetable in 1944, possibly due to wartime paper shortages. Yet here is a B&O timetable issued in the midst of the war … Continue reading
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This timetable is quite a contrast from the one from 1939 shown here a few days ago. While that one had five full-page ads and two half-page ads, this one has no ads larger than a few tiny spots leftover … Continue reading
Yesterday’s 1939 timetable had a four-page insert of large ads, plus full-page ads on the inside and outside back covers. We’ve previously seen a 1940 timetable with the same arrangement. Yet today’s 1944 timetable has no large ads, and even … Continue reading
The Burlington was quite the hopping railroad in 1939. The back cover of this timetable advertises the “fast, new” Exposition Flyer, which was operated “on a schedule planned to give a panorama of western scenery by daylight.” Inside the covers … Continue reading
As mentioned yesterday, Great Northern began using this timetable cover, featuring two F3 locomotives, in June 1951 to commemorate the inauguration of the Western Star. In 1954, it added a banner above each of the locomotives to announce that the … Continue reading
Great Northern gave up on using E7 locomotives for its transcontinental trains in 1950, replacing them with F3s and F7s while consigning the E7s to non-mountainous trains such as the International and Red River. In early 1950, GN timetable covers … Continue reading
When Great Northern introduced its streamlined Empire Builder in 1947, it used five pairs of E7 locomotives to haul the five twelve-car train. These were illustrated by five locomotive noses on the 1947 timetables. The old heavyweight Empire Builder consists … Continue reading
The map inside of this timetable folder has a thick red line showing the route of the California Zephyr from Oakland to Chicago. The same style of line shows Western Pacific branches to Bieber, Loyalton, Moy, and San Jose, California; … Continue reading
Today’s 48-page timetable (which puts the cover shown below on the back) has a front-page ad proclaiming “faster streamliner schedules Chicago-California.” The Golden State, it says, was an hour and 50 minutes faster eastbound and an hour faster westbound. The … Continue reading
In another decade or so, the Rock Island would become known as “one railroad too many” as it was competing against the Burlington, Milwaukee, and North Western. But in the 1950s it was still making profits and was pleased to … Continue reading