I’ve previously noted that, for the sake of anniversaries, Burlington once considered its birth year to be 1850, the year the first train operated between Chicago and Aurora. But in 1949 the railroad changed that to 1849, the year Burlington’s … Continue reading
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It seemed rather a slap in the face of its parent company for the Burlington to combine the North Coast Limited, Northern Pacific’s premiere train, with the Black Hawk, as it did in yesterday’s timetable. So it is no surprise … Continue reading
As I noted a few days ago, I was particularly interested in reviewing Burlington timetables from 1947 through the early 1960s to see if Burlington operated Great Northern’s secondary trains, the Oriental Limited until 1951 and the Western Star after, … Continue reading
In the four years since yesterday’s timetable, Burlington reduced the number of pages in its system timetables by four, which meant giving up the full-page ads on the inside and outside back covers. The other two pages were saved by … Continue reading
As I suggested yesterday, the idea of taking long summer vacations during wartime quickly disappeared in 1942. Instead, the full-page ads on the inside and outside back covers of this timetable both focus on the war effort. Click image to … Continue reading
This timetable restores the two pages of rail fares that were omitted from yesterday’s. Since the page count is still 40, this meant reducing the number of pages dedicated to ads to just two. The rail fares are about 10 … Continue reading
Going into effect exactly four weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, this timetable has four fewer pages than yesterday’s from 1940. This was accomplished by reducing the number of ad pages by two and eliminating two pages of rail … Continue reading
Burlington included five full-page ads and one page with two half-page ads in this timetable. This is similar to 1939 and 1940 timetables. Among the full-page ads in this one are ones for the Exposition Flyer and a back-cover ad … Continue reading
Spokane, Portland and Seattle’s logo was red and white, and the logos of its parents Great Northern and Northern Pacific were red, white, and black making it easy to print them on the cover of SP&S timetables (since the timetables … Continue reading
Northern Pacific introduced this cover to its timetables in 1957. The cover shows the domes but highlights the round-tailed observation car. Like most cars introduced on the train before 1954, these cars were built by Pullman, but in 1954 NP … Continue reading