New York Central 1938 Timetable

Posted on by May 8, 2015
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Despite declines in rail passenger travel after 1920, the New York Central in 1938 still operated a dozen trains a day each way between New York and Chicago, plus at least four a day between New York and St. Louis and three a day between New York and Montreal. Shorter routes included Detroit to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati to Toronto (partly over Canadian Pacific), and Chicago-Cairo.

Click image to download a 24.4-MB PDF of this 32-page timetable.

Although the cover doesn’t say so, this timetable is far from complete as the New York Central published separate timetables for its major subsidiaries, including the Boston & Albany, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis (“Big Four“), Michigan Central, and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie. For example, although the centerfold map shows a prominent line between Chicago and Cincinnati, there are no sign of any trains on that route in this timetable. Yet at the time, the Big Four operated five trains a day each way between Chicago and Cincinnati.
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New York Central Centennial

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The Baltimore & Ohio long claimed to be the nation’s “first and oldest continuously running common carrier railroad,” and it celebrated its centennial with a grandiose exhibition in 1927. Yet here is the New York Central preemptively claiming its own centennial in 1926.

Click image to download a 9-MB PDF of this 20-page booklet.

So which was really the oldest? New York Central predecessor Mohawk & Hudson Rail Road was chartered in 1826, but did not open for business until 1831. The Baltimore & Ohio was chartered in 1827, began construction in 1828, and first opened for business in 1830. Since both railroads were counting back to their charter date for their centennial, the New York Central technically won, but the B&O was the first to actually operate by a year. By 22 years, the B&O was also the longest to operate under one name, as the New York Central did not adopt that name until 1853.
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The Romance of Small Package Shipments

Posted on by May 8, 2015
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The Railway Express Agency provided small package express service by train between 23,000 American cities and towns. This booklet attempts to persuade people who attended the Chicago’s 1933 Century of Progress fair that this was an exciting and even romantic service.


Click image to download an 8.9-MB PDF of this 20-page booklet.

Nine pages of text in the booklet were written by Stanley W. Todd, who was director of REA’s “educational service bureau,” or in other words, public relations. Todd’s name was on versions of this book spanning at least three decades.

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Sophisticated Train Catchin’

Posted on by May 8, 2015
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The 1947 booklet is credited to cartoonist Don Herold, but it seems likely he did only the sketches, as the text draws heavily from other B&O publications of that era. The basic pitch is that Manhattan travelers would find it much easier to take a B&O bus from their hotel or other convenient stops to its Jersey City terminal than to find their way to Grand Central or Penn stations.

Click image to download a 9.8-MB PDF of this 24-page booklet.

B&O buses served Manhattan from stations on 42nd Street opposite Grand Central Terminal; Columbus Circle; Rockefeller Center; 34th Street; and in Brooklyn. On their way to Jersey City, they stopped at numerous hotels, saving many people taxi or transit rides to Grand Central or Penn stations.
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B&O/C&O 1967 Timetable

Posted on by April 18, 2015
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In the three years since yesterday’s 1964 edition, the B&O/C&O timetable shrank from 28 to 12 pages. Most of the main trains are still there–including the Capital Limited, National Limited, and George Washington–but the Shenandoah was renamed the Diplomat. Operating with a “food bar/coach” instead of a dining car, that train would not survive through to the end of 1967.

Click image to download an 8.1-MB PDF of this 12-page timetable.

Gone also are the subway-style map graphics, which took a lot of space and added little elegance to the timetable. The front cover featured famous people who still rode B&O/C&O trains: movie star Dorothy Lamour, West Virginia Senator Jennings Randolph, and baseball star Brooks Robinson.
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C&O/B&O 1964 Timetable

Posted on by April 18, 2015
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Chesapeake & Ohio took control of the Baltimore & Ohio in the early 1960s, and this timetable shows trains from both. It accompanies each schedule with abstract, subway-style maps of each route, which may have been easy to read but perhaps also diminished the experience of riding a train from, say, Chicago the east coast.

Click image to download a 14.8-MB PDF of this 28-page timetable.

B&O had folded the Columbian into the formerly all-Pullman Capital Limited, but still ran two other trains between Baltimore & Chicago: the Shenandoah and all-stop Chicago Express (westbound)/Washington Express (eastbound). The National Limited and a local train still served Baltimore/St. Louis via Cincinnati, and C&O had its own George Washington between Washington & Cincinnati which connected with the National Limited in Cinci for passenger wishing to continue west. Passengers still enjoyed Stratadome cars on the Capital Limited, but through cars to places like Dallas and Los Angeles were gone.

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First Post-War Streaminer

Posted on by April 18, 2015
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In 1946, Pere Marquette Railway introduced the first post-war streamliner, the eponymously named Pere Marquette. This blotter from the Dale Hastin collection says the train offered luxury travel at coach fares.


Click image to download a pdf of this blotter.

A 1946 magazine advertisement explains that the Detroit-Grand Rapids train is “40 minutes faster than the previous best time,” lounges in each coach, comfortable seats, diagonally-set dining tables, and “no tipping, please!” In 1947, the train’s route was extended to Detroit-Chicago.

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More B&O Postwar Blotters

Posted on by April 16, 2015
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These blotters from the Dale Hastin collection were all published after World War II, but probably later than yesterday’s blotters. Click any blotter image to download a PDF of that blotter. Click other images for a larger view of that image. The PDFs are about 0.3 to 0.6 megabytes in size.

This blotter advertises the use of Diesel locomotives instead of steam on the Capital Limited, Columbian, and Shenandoah. Since it doesn’t describe the Columbian as “new,” the blotter must be from before 1949 when that train was re-equipped with streamlined cars.

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B&O Postwar Blotters

Posted on by April 16, 2015
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These blotters from the Dale Hastin collection were all published shortly after World War II. Click any blotter image to download a PDF of that blotter. Click other images for a larger view of that image. The PDFs are about 0.3 to 0.6 megabytes in size.

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B&O Wartime Blotters

Posted on by May 7, 2015
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These blotters from the Dale Hastin collection all come from the World War II years. Click any image to download a PDF of that blotter. The PDFs are about 0.3 to 0.6 megabytes in size.

Given the subject matter, this is likely from either the war or immediate postwar years. But it could also be from the Korean War era.

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