Ticket cost from Virginia or east coast to Los Angeles in 1881

From: "Susan Villegas" suzanna_vee@yahoo.com

I am trying to figure out what a ticket cost for a black pregnant woman to 2 children riding the rails from Virginia or east coast to Los Angeles in 1881? I know that she had to get off the train in Dallas Texas to have her baby and later continued on. Would you know if they were to ride in a regular rail car or the head car? Looking for any information you can give on how they [travelled] and how long a trip. ...

—Susan Villegas

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