We’ve previously seen 1878 timetables for the International & Great Northern, Iron Mountain, and Texas & Pacific. By 1885, all three along with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas were firmly controlled by Jay Gould, who operated them together with Missouri Pacific. This timetable, … Continue reading
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By 1895, the New York Central was advertising itself as “America’s Greatest Railroad,” a claim that the Pennsylvania would have contested. When this timetable was issued in 1885, however, it was not yet making such grandiose claims. Click image to … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a Great Western timetable from 1881. In 1882, that railway was purchased by and became the Great Western Division of the Grand Trunk, allowing the latter to extend its reach from Halifax to Chicago. Although Grand Trunk … Continue reading
Like the Atlantic Coast Line, the Queen & Crescent Route wasn’t a railroad but a cooperative venture by five independent railroads. Cincinnati liked to call itself the Queen city while New Orleans was the Crescent city, so the rail route … Continue reading
Burlington was a very different railroad in 1885 from the one I am familiar with in the mid-20th century. Burlington’s lines to South Dakota, Wyoming, Texas, Kentucky, and even Minnesota were all in the future. Click image to download a … Continue reading
Lehigh Valley carried coal from Pennsylvania to Buffalo on the west and Jersey City on the east. This timetable shows that it operated 30 passenger trains in 1885. These are numbered 0 to 28 westbound and 1 to 29 eastbound. … Continue reading
The Atlantic Coast Line began in 1871 as a joint advertising name for two small railroads that wanted to work together. Over time, more railroads were added to the system, but it wasn’t until the late 1890s that they were … Continue reading
The Alton’s 1885 timetable was the same format as yesterday’s 1884 timetable, with the same information on most of the same panels. Instead of filling an entire page, the map covers only a little more than two of the 14 … Continue reading
The Chicago & Alton had passenger trains between Chicago & St. Louis, St. Louis & Kansas City; and Chicago & Kansas City. In 1884, it offered two trains a day on each route, and this timetable provided schedules in both … Continue reading
Today’s timetable is peculiar in several ways. Like several we have seen before, it mainly has westbound schedules, probably because its goal is to entice people to emigrate west. (It does have one very brief eastbound schedule.) Also like several … Continue reading