CPRR Discussion Group

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

From: "Debbie Moriconi" debbiemoriconi@comcast.net

Can you please tell me how long it took to ride across the Transcontinental Railway?

—Debbie Moriconi

CPRR Discussion Group said...: "There are six days and five nights to be spent on the railroad between Chicago and San Francisco ... "

Timetable; 3/30/2010 12:04 PM
CPRR Discussion Group said...: See related discussion.; 3/30/2010 12:06 PM
CPRR Discussion Group said...: But extended travel delays could occur.; 3/30/2010 12:07 PM
CPRR Discussion Group said...: RAILROAD TIMETABLES, TRAVEL GUIDES & SCHEDULES; 3/30/2010 3:54 PM
CPRR Discussion Group said...: From: "Morgan Cooley-Hall" morgan4255@me.com

How long would it take to travel all the way on the Transcontinental Railroad?; 9/08/2011 12:36 PM
Anonymous said...: "Within five years of Abraham Lincoln's signing the Pacific Railroad Act, advertisements could offer 'San Francisco to New York — 6 Days and 20 Hours,' a far cry from the hundred days required to sail around the coast of South America or cross the isthmus of Panama on foot."; 3/04/2012 8:13 AM
Anonymous said...: From: "Maricruz Lara" mlara2@pvlearners.net

How long did it take to get from Nebraska to California?; 1/22/2019 12:25 PM
Anonymous said...: 99 1/2 hours in 1869

Also see,

Official Rail Guide

CP-UP Timetable 1881

transcontinental train trip in 1923; 1/22/2019 12:29 PM