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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."
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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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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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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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February 7, 1891 | Time Table
Canadian Pacific Railway
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August 20, 1891 | Time Table
The Burlington
The Chicago, Burlington & Northern's 1891 time table adopted a compass-like circular image representing the major points accessible on the line. This table also featured the history of the line and the picturesque sites along its route.
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1892 | Time Table
Santa Fe Route
This 1892 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe time table featured detailed insets with maps of its subsidiary lines.
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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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1898 | Time Table
Official Hand-Book and Local Time Tables of the Kansas City Pittsburgh & Gulf R.R.
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1898 | Time Table
Official Hand-Book and Local Time Tables of the Kansas City Pittsburgh & Gulf R.R.
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1901 | Time Table
International & Great Northern Railroad
