What a difference a single year can make when a railroad is being managed by someone as dynamic as James J. Hill! I previously noted a railroad whose timetable was unchanged in the eight years between 1878 and 1886. By … Continue reading
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The map on the back of this brochure has the heaviest lines going from Boston and New York in the East to Detroit and Chicago in the West. But Central Vermont only owned a tiny portion of this route, with … Continue reading
Wikipedia says that the first published version of the song Wabash Cannonball appeared in 1904, while before that a song with similar words was called the Great Rock Island Route, which is dated to 1882. However, the Wabash version of … Continue reading
The Louisville & Nashville‘s main line in 1886 was from Cincinnati to New Orleans (via Louisville and Nashville), with branches to Memphis, Knoxville, and Lexington plus another line or branch from St. Louis to Nashville. The railroad offered two trains … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s Iron Mountain Route timetable, this one is accompanied by a map showing all of Jay Gould’s railroads (I&GN, MKT, MP, and T&P) with thick lines, but the actual timetables focus on Missouri Pacific. One timetable does show the … Continue reading
The eight years between 1878 and 1886 saw huge changes in the railroad industry. Some of these changes are visible by comparing the map in this brochure with the one in the Iron Mountain’s 1878 timetable. The 1878 map used … Continue reading
In 1870, only a few hundred people farmed a few thousand acres in the Red River Valley of northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota. Then James J. Hill blanketed the valley with rail lines of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & … Continue reading
The map on the back of this timetable shows a heavy-duty line from Norfolk and Washington to New Orleans. From approximately Louisville to Memphis, the line is labeled “Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern.” From Memphis to New Orleans it is labeled … Continue reading
In its 1884 timetable, Southern Pacific included condensed schedules of the Houston and Texas Central. At the time, this was part of the Charles Morgan family of railroads in the Gulf Coast area, but in 1927 it would become part … Continue reading
In 1885, the St. Paul Road (as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul then styled itself) was highly profitable, earning $24.4 million in revenues on $14.5 million in operating expenses. Although much of its profits came from shipping grain, $5.5 … Continue reading