Issued just three months after yesterday’s timetable, this one differs on the inside in just two places that I can find. First, the three-day-a-week train between Durango and Silverton has been reduced to Wednesday’s only, which was probably the winter … Continue reading
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Since yesterday’s 1948 timetable, color photos have replaced black-and-white and the California Zephyr has replaced the Exposition Flyer on the cover. The cover photo of the Royal Gorge shows the train in the same spot as yesterday’s, but scrutiny reveals … Continue reading
Although Diesels grace the cover of this timetable in both the Royal Gorge and near the Moffat Tunnel, Rio Grande was still running a few steam-powered passenger trains. Rio Grande ran five passengers trains a day each way through the … Continue reading
This booklet is missing its cover and I usually don’t post items that are less than complete. But the Colorado Midland is a special railroad that deserves a little attention. While the Denver and Rio Grande headed across the Rock … Continue reading
Here’s the 1965 edition of yesterday’s timetable. Except for the cover date, six of the eight pages in the two timetables are identical in almost every respect. The page listing Western Pacific agents is different as some of the agent … Continue reading
Of the three railroads that shared the California Zephyr, Western Pacific was the only one that, after 1960, published a timetable exclusively for that train. This was for the very good reason that, while both Burlington and Rio Grande operated … Continue reading
Western Pacific didn’t have a lot of branch lines, and didn’t run passenger trains on any of them after World War II. So it’s main train before 1949 was the Exposition Flyer and after 1949 the California Zephyr. But it … Continue reading
The merger of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and their subsidiaries led to this combined timetable that filled 28 pages. The BN operated 13 named trains five unnamed trains, and an RDC. The Denver Zephyr, Empire Builder, North Coast Limited, … Continue reading
After decades of using its signature red-and-black timetable covers, Burlington broke the mold with this fresh new cover in 1966. The white background hints at the cleanliness of Burlington trains while the high-toned fashion model in the picture suggests that … Continue reading
Yesterday’s condensed timetable was issued at the same time as this full timetable, allowing us to see what filled the additional 18 pages. Most of those 18 pages are ads, a station index, connecting train schedules, a list of agents, … Continue reading