The Southern had three different trains between Washington and New Orleans in 1966, each following different routes. The Crescent and the Southerner each went through Atlanta, but the former went through Montgomery and the latter Birmingham. The Pelican went through … Continue reading
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Fast forward nearly 40 years from yesterday’s 1925 timetable and the Southern still has lots of trains on its trunk routes. This one shows eight trains a day from Washington to Charlottesville, five of which continue to Atlanta, four to … Continue reading
Here’s a timetable from the end of the Golden Age of passenger trains. Though only half the size of most timetables, this one has 72 pages, the equivalent of 36 pages in a regularly sized table. The larger size would … Continue reading
In 1966, Missouri Pacific’s timetable shrank from an eight-page booklet to the equivalent of six pages in a folder. The actual train schedules filled three pages of the previous edition, but only two are needed in the 1966 version. Click … Continue reading
A little attrition is evident since the previous timetable that was shown here yesterday. Where the winter 1964 timetable had two trains a day between Fort Worth and El Paso, the spring 1965 timetable has only one. Click image to … Continue reading
This timetable is down to eight pages, but Missouri Pacific still had plenty of passenger trains in 1964. In fact, it had two to four daily trains on many routes. St. Louis-Kansas City had four trains a day, one of … Continue reading
By the time of this timetable, Missouri Pacific had replaced the Scenic Limited with the Colorado Eagle, which connected with Rio Grande’s Royal Gorge train in Colorado Springs. Other streamlined trains in this timetable include the St. Louis-Omaha Missouri River … Continue reading
Although the Rio Grande Zephyr was a quality operation, as seen yesterday the railroad did not bother to adorn its menus with photos of scenery seen along the way. The same was true with ticket envelopes; while those from the … Continue reading
The timetables have been rearranged slightly, but the schedules are virtually the same as in the 1961 edition. These smaller timetables no longer list a bus from Durango to Mesa Verde National Park. But they do list a twice-daily bus … Continue reading
Yesterday’s 1959 timetable was 20 pages long, just like the one from 1950. By 1961, however, Rio Grande decided to condense its timetable into a brochure that folds out to the equivalent of just six pages. Click image to download … Continue reading