Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Travel from Baltimore MD (or New York City) to San Francisco by train in 1915

From: "Michael Barnard" 2011mrbarnard@gmail.com

I'm doing research for a book, and have been trying to find the amount of time it took to travel from Baltimore MD (or New York City) to San Francisco by train in 1915. Is there a schedule online that would describe a complete transcontinental trip from that era? Is there a resource that would describe the rail fares for such a trip? ...

—Michael Barnard

7 Comments:

Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

See,

Official Rail Guide, 1910

Guides

Fare

4/05/2011 2:34 AM  
Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

From: "RANDALL HEES"

-There are several options

From Baltimore the most common route would be via B&O to Chicago, but Pennsylvania RR also offered service.

From New York, one could either take the New York Central via Albany, or the Pennsylvania via Harrisburg and Pittsburg.

From Chicago, the most common route would be Chicago Northwestern to Union Pacific to Central Pacific, but you could travel via Burlington to Denver, then D&RG to Salt Lake, then either Central Pacific or Western Pacific to San Francisco.

There is a copy of the 1915 Official Guide on the CPRR web site … you can spend hours looking at schedules and working out various routes.

One other option … In 1915 San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific Exposition, and as a result there would have been lots of ads for service to the fair… Look at contemporary magazines for ads…

—Randy Hees

4/05/2011 9:15 AM  
Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

From: "Michael Barnard" 2011mrbarnard@gmail.com

THANK YOU. I was having a difficult time sorting through all the information I had come across. Your information was very helpful.

Randy, yes, my hero is going to the Panama Pacific International Exposition to manage its Zone area.

—Michael Barnard

4/05/2011 4:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

From: "Andrea Polk" andipolk4@gmail.com
Subject: Need to find a source for passenger fares during the 1930's. Specifically 1933-34.

I know there are newspaper ads about fares, but a complete table of coach fares across the country is important for accuracy in my novel. Leaving Bakersfield for Los Angeles December, 1933 or January, 1934. After which from Los Angeles, California to Ashville, North Carolina June of 1934. ...

—Andrea Polk, Northridge, California

7/05/2017 5:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

For 1930's train ticket prices, see: Passenger traffic report [and Appendix I-II] Prepared by Section of transportation service. Washington, 1935.

7/05/2017 5:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

For 1930's train ticket prices, see: Passenger traffic report [and Appendix I-II] Prepared by Section of transportation service. Washington, 1935.

7/05/2017 5:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

See the relevant two pages ibid,

Train Fares 1930's p.38

Train Fares 1930's p.39

7/06/2017 7:40 AM  

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