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N.D. | Time Table
Atlantic & Great Western Railroad
The Atlantic & Great Western Railroad stressed its safety record and comfortable, elegant, luxurious cars. The time table quotes former Illinois Congressman Elihu B. Washburn on the road's smooth ride and "clean, light, and airy" setting. The road also boasted that its passengers traveling in its beautifully appointed Pullman cars would "not have to leave the train between Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis."
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N.D. | Time Table
Orange and Alexandria Line "Irregular" Timetable
This "irregular" timetable, published by the United States Military Railroads department, shows arrival and departure times on the Orange and Alexandria Line for "The Government of Operatives Only."
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August 15, 1850 | Time Table
Boston and Worcester Railroad Timetable, August 15, 1850
This timetable, which took effect August 15, 1850, shows the departure and arrival times of trains on the Boston and Worcester Railroad.
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May 5, 1851 | Time Table
Boston and Maine Railroad Summer Timetable, May 5, 1851
This timetable, which took effect May 5, 1851, shows the summer schedule for trains leaving Boston on the Boston & Maine Railroad.
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November 1, 1853 | Time Table
Boston and Worcester Railroad Timetable, November 1, 1853
This timetable, which took effect November 1, 1853, shows arrival and departure times on the Boston and Worcester Railroad.
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January 8, 1855 | Time Table
Illinois Central Railroad, Time Table No. 1, January 8, 1855
This Illinois Central Railroad time table, in effect starting January 8, 1855, notes the arrival and departure schedules for freight and passenger trains between Galena and Cairo, Illinois.
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December 8, 1862 | Time Table
Boston and Worcester Railroad Timetable, December 8, 1862
This timetable, which took effect December 8, 1862, shows arrival and departure times on the Boston and Worcester Railroad.
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May 9, 1864 | Time Table
Boston and Worcester Railroad Timetable, May 9, 1864
This timetable, which took effect on May 9, 1864, shows arrival and departure times on the Boston and Worcester Railroad.
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October 31, 1864 | Time Table
Brookline Branch Railroad Timetable, October 31, 1864
This timetable, which took effect October 31, 1864, shows departure times and fares on the Brookline Branch Railroad. It also features a complete schedule for "Newton Special Trains."
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1878 | Time Table
Houston and Texas Central Through Route to Texas
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1878 | Time Table
Houston and Texas Central Through Route to Texas
Lauding the reach of the Houston & Texas Central Railway through the Texas heartland, peppered wtih farms "equalling in fertility anything of the kind in any Northern State," makers of this timetable also stress the line's national reach, noting connections to railroad destinations including St. Louis and Chicago.
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1880 | Time Table
Baltimore and Ohio R.R.
The Baltimore and Ohio was one of the oldest railroads in the nation and the first to break through the Allegheny Mountains to reach the Ohio River in 1857. In its 1880 time table the railroad stressed the natural features and wonders along its route and its picturesque sites. The road also used a massive map of the nation to expose its western connections.
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September 1, 1881 | Time Table
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway's 1881 time table featured linkages to "leading business centers" and "summer resorts of the Great North-West."
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1882 | Time Table
The Hannibal and St. Joseph and Chicago Burlington and Quincy Short Line to Chicago and All Points East
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1882 | Time Table
The Hannibal and St. Joseph and Chicago Burlington and Quincy Short Line to Chicago and All Points East
A beautifully illustrated timetable stressing the amenities to be had on the both rail lines and their connections with other railroads. Text in German and Spanish emphasizes the lines' reach and their wide audience.
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August 1, 1884 | Time Table
Chicago and North Western Railway
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway's 1884 time table listed detailed times and maps for its extensive regional system.
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1885 | Time Table
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
The Chesapeake and Ohio's 1885 time table featured excursion rates to "Old Point Comfort" on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Pitched to male travelers, the brochure described "nymph-like bathers" at the resort hotel and "the merry laugh of some bewitching beauty." Travelers could also take steamship to Barbados, Rio de Janiero, or Para, Brazil, at "the mouth of the Amazon." The brochure also emphasized the picturesque scences of the Alleghenies and Virginia, where Civil War battlefields could be toured. "The battle of the Seven Pines was fought near where the railway runs," the brochure explained, "and McClellan's peninsular campaign has made this entire section of Virginia interesting."
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March 1, 1885 | Time Table
Boston and Albany
The Boston & Albany's 1885 time table emphasized its connection with the New York Central and its modern safety, as the "only double track route from New England to the West."
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1885 | Time Table
The Santa Fe Route
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's 1885 time table emphasized its connections not only to California but also to Mexico City on the Mexico Central Railroad. Its large map featured detailed insets of Baja California and Mexico for tourists and travelers, and its inside folds described special rates for "land explorers" and emigrants.
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1886 | Time Table
Chicago and Atlantic Railway
The Chicago and Atlantic Railway's 1886 time table emphasized its "straight line" to the East and the "smoothness and evenness" of its grade. The road used "the best of steel rails only" and boasted "three thousand oak ties to the mile."
