The streamlined Super Chief (trains 17 & 18) ran once a week each way between Chicago and Los Angeles in this 1937 timetable. Otherwise, Santa Fe trains were all heavyweights, most notably including: Trains 1 & 2, the all-coach Scout, … Continue reading
This January 8, 1950 timetable just covers Burlington’s Chicago-Denver route, including trains to Galesburg, Omaha, and Lincoln, as well as trains that diverge from this route to Kansas City and other Missouri cities. The timetable shows an impressive eleven trains … Continue reading
If yesterday’s timetable was one of the first ones issued for the California Zephyr, this one was the last one. Curiously, while yesterday’s has the logos of all three partner railroads, this one is just from the Western Pacific, the … Continue reading
The California Zephyr began operating in 1949, so this timetable, which went into effect on March 1, 1950, is one of the earliest ones produced for the train. In addition to departure times from all 30 or so cities along … Continue reading
Though stretched over six panels, instead of the four used in the 1934 timetable, this timetable has, of course, fewer trains. Gone are the narrow-gauge trains over Marshal and La Veta passes. Gone is the Scenic Limited. Gone are trains … Continue reading
In 1934, the Denver & Rio Grande Western had just completed the Dotsero Cutoff allowing its trains to go due west from Denver through the Moffat Tunnel and over the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad to Grand Junction and Salt … Continue reading
All the streamliners were in daily service by the time this timetable was issued. The City of Los Angeles, facing stiff competition from the Super Chief, was still on a 39-3/4-hour schedule, but the City of Portland was 40 hours … Continue reading
The cover promises “coast to coast,” and the centerfold map shows a complex network of routes in all 48 states. But the timetables themselves reveal that Union Pacific Stages (and partner Interstate Transit Lines) basically follow the U.P. rail system. … Continue reading
Here’s a complete timetable for the Union Pacific system issued after all of the initial streamliners had been put into operation. The timetable also includes numerous heavyweight trains as well as a few transcontinental motor buses. Click image to download … Continue reading
I have two Great Northern condensed timetables for the summer of 1965, one that was “effective May 23-September 6” and one “effective August 22-October 31.” The only substantive difference I can find is that, on the earlier timetable, train number … Continue reading
