The cover says “local time tables,” but this is more like what in later years would be called a “condensed timetable.” While the complete Great Northern timetables of the era had a colorful cover (shown below) and were 48 pages … Continue reading
Burlington’s last timetable before the Burlington Northern merger in March, 1970, showed a sad remnant of the railroad’s past passenger train glory. What had been a 24-page timetable barely three years before was now down to the equivalent of just … Continue reading
The Burlington timetable that had been 36 pages in 1948 was down to 24 pages in 1966. The major trains and routes were still there, but some secondary trains and most branch line trains were gone. Click image to download … Continue reading
The C&S timetable was reduced from 12 pages in the 1946 edition to eight pages in 1963. Yet the railroad still offered two trains a day between Denver and Dallas, trains 1 & 2, the Texas Zephyr, and trains 7 … Continue reading
This timetable provides a snapshot of the Burlington during the post-war transition period. The Empire Builder had been streamlined, and the Twin Zephyrs had some of the nation’s first dome cars. But the California Zephyr had yet to be introduced … Continue reading
The Colorado & Southern traces its history to several Colorado railroads connecting mining communities such as Georgetown, Leadville, and Cripple Creek with Denver and Colorado Springs. Other lines went to Pueblo and Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Union Pacific bought controlling interest … Continue reading
By 1969, the Northern Pacific timetable has shrunk to the equivalent of eight pages and looks more like what was once called a “condensed timetable.” Unlike the 1966 timetable, this one for 1969 doesn’t have an index of stations, fares, … Continue reading
Northern Pacific’s timetable shockingly dropped from 28 pages in its 1966 timetables to a mere 8 pages in 1967. The main difference is the deletion of material not directly related to NP schedules, including one page of “general information for … Continue reading
This timetable has just as many pages as yesterday’s Summer, 1966 schedule, but a couple of minor trains are missing. The route between Duluth and Staples, Minnesota, had two trains a day in the summer timetable, reduced to one in … Continue reading
NP’s timetable has shrunk from 32 pages in 1960 to 28 in 1966, but a lot of those pages are fluff. While the NP still had branch-line passenger trains on more than a dozen routes in Minnesota and North Dakota … Continue reading
