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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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1887 | Time Table
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad's 1887 time table featured the speed of its route from St. Louis, Kansas City, or Chicago to Los Angeles. The time table emphasized express trains and fewer changes of cars than competing lines.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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February 7, 1891 | Time Table
Canadian Pacific Railway
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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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1886 | Time Table
Chicago and Alton R.R.
The Chicago and Alton time table stressed the regional, midwestern connections for St. Louis and Kansas City.
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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."
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March 4, 1928 | Time Table
Chicago and North Western Line
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway's 1928 time table emphasized planning "your summer vacation" to Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Zion, Grand Canyon, Bryce, Yosemite, and Ranier National Parks, as well as other western mountain sites.
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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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December 10, 1888 | Time Table
Chicago and North-Western Railway
The 1888 Chicago and North-Western Railway emphasized "cheap farms and free homes" in Northern Nebraska along the Elkhorn Valley, the Niobrara Valley, and into the Black Hills in South Dakota. The time table included detailed descriptions of homestead policies and land availability for immigrants and settlers.
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1893 | Time Table
Chicago Great Western Railway
The Chicago Great Western Railway's 1893 time table placed its line in the center of a globe-like image. The road stressed its comfortable "compartmented sleeping cars."
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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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1906 | Time Table
El Paso & Southwestern
The El Paso & Southwestern Railway's 1906 time table emphasized its direct route from El Paso to Denver and its speed, covering the trip in 6 hours and 50 minutes.
