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Thursday, December 06, 2007

Cost of train travel in the nineteenth century.

What was the ticket price for a transcontinental railroad trip? How much was the fare in different years to ride the Central and Union Pacific trains in the 19th century?
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  1. CPRR Discussion Group1/01/2011 5:52 PM

    From: "Jayne" withay215@yahoo.com

    Where can I find ticket prices from the turn of the century? Such as New York to Chicago in 1904. ...

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  2. CPRR Discussion Group1/02/2011 12:28 AM

    From: "Larry Mullaly" lmullaly@jeffnet.org

    Try in Google Books: The United States: with an excursion into Mexico By Karl Baedeker, (1904) p. 342. There were slightly different prices for different routes, but these seem to average out about $18 for a chair car, and $23 for a Pullman sleeper.

    —Larry Mullaly

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