Rio Grande had one more passenger train a day going each way through the Moffatt Tunnel in 1957 than in yesterday’s 1952 timetable. The overnight service from Denver to Craig had proved unpopular, so in 1954 Rio Grande introduced a … Continue reading
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Rio Grande operated five main trains a day plus several locals in 1952. The main trains were the California Zephyr; the streamlined Prospector, which was the overnight train on the same route as the Zephyr; the partially streamlined, dome-equipped Royal … Continue reading
Today we have one more look at the Twin Cities corridor before GN, NP, and CB&Q merged (which took place March 2 1970). It is about the same as the previous couple of timetables. Click image to download an 782-KB … Continue reading
Issued six months after yesterday’s timetable, this one has all of the trains that were also on yesterday’s. One thing I didn’t note yesterday was that the California Zephyr had become an extra-fare train. Click image to download an 2.7-MB … Continue reading
Yesterday’s 16-page June 1968 timetable was quite a come down for a railroad that once published 44-page timetables. The shrinkage wasn’t over: Today’s edition is a folded brochure that is the equivalent of just six pages long, the same as … Continue reading
This timetable is only 16 pages long, cut from 20 in yesterday’s October 1967 timetable. Today’s timetable saved two pages by cutting the condensed schedules for all but the transcons (CZ, EB, NCL, WS, and Mainstreeter). Another page was saved … Continue reading
Three days ago, I posted the system timetable for November 1964. We’ve previously seen timetables for May 1965, November 1965, May 1966, November 1966, and June 1967. That brings us to today’s timetable. Click image to download an 10.7-MB PDF … Continue reading
Although this is called a Chicago-Denver timetable, only three of the six trains shown actually went to Denver: the Denver Zephyr, the California Zephyr, and mail train 7 & 8. Also shown were the Nebraska Zephyr and Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr to … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I presented a November 1957 Colorado & Southern timetable. Not much has changed in the intervening seven-and-one-half years. As in 1957, all of the train schedules in this timetable fit on one-and-a-half of the eight … Continue reading
Remember how the May 1963 timetable showed the westbound California Zephyr as a connection to a train to Hannibal, but the November 1963 timetable did not? That connection is back in this timetable (scans for which were generously provided by … Continue reading