After publishing an 80-page (plus covers) timetable for many years, CN shrank the booklet by 16 pages starting with the April, 1961 edition. I count 123 separate tables in the 1960 edition but only 98 tables in this one. About … Continue reading
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This system timetable is 80 pages long, plus the covers, the same as the 1956 edition. This is the last to show a train in CN’s green-and-black paint scheme, as the black-and-white paint scheme was introduced in 1961 and was … Continue reading
This timetable fills a whopping 80 pages plus four pages of covers. The cover illustrates CN’s entire transportation system: planes, passenger and freight trains, hotels, trucks, ships, and telecommunications. Click image to download a 46.3-MB PDF of this timetable. Most … Continue reading
Although this timetable has 8 fewer pages than the 1967 edition, growing amounts of white space testify to the rapid decline of passenger trains. The timetable, for example, devotes three entire pages to just the Canadian’s slow journey from Montreal … Continue reading
The 1967 timetable has the same number of pages as the one five years before, but the centerfold map is greatly simplified, with the disappearance of most branch lines as well as the Crowsnest route. Inside, the dome-car equipped Dominion … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific’s 1963 timetable had the same painting on its cover as the 1961 and 1962 editions. However, the winter 1962-63 timetable showed the Canadian on Stoney Creek Bridge, so they weren’t as repetitive as it might seem. Click image … Continue reading
After being shrunk down to six pages in the July, 1968 timetable, this 1969 timetable is back up to the equivalent of eight pages. But all of the train schedules fit on just three pages. Nearly one-and-a-half pages are devoted … Continue reading
As noted yesterday, in early 1968 Santa Fe was seeking permission to discontinue many of the interstate trains still on its timetable. By the time of this July timetable, the Chief was gone, as was the Chicago-Kansas City trains and … Continue reading
This condensed timetable unfolds to be 32 inches wide, the equivalent of 8 pages of a regular 8″-by-9″ timetable. It contains schedules of major trains and a few buses, sample fares, and a brief list of ticket agents, but no … Continue reading
This timetable appeared roughly 18 months after yesterday’s, but there are few changes. The covers are nearly identical and both have 32 pages. Click image to download a 27.4-MB PDF of this 32-page timetable. Almost of the electrical machinery appliance … Continue reading