Can you tell me what the likely route and train would have been for someone traveling from San Francisco to Massachusetts in the year 1882/3?
I'm researching my family tree and know that my relatives traveled across country in the early 1880's and probably would have gone by train. Is there a website that would list fares, travel time and/or stops that would have been made on such a trip?
Also, did the railroads keep any type of passenger lists at that time?
Susan LeGassick Spangler
See:
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Fares
Travel from the East Coast
CP-UP Timetable, 1881
Nelson's CPRR Guidebook
Crofutt's Guidebook, 1872
William's Pacific Tourist, 1877
Travel on the transcontinental railroad
Transcontinental Rails
Appletons' Hand-book of American Travel: Northern and Eastern Tour, 1873
More Rail Travel Guides
Sorry, there are no railroad passenger lists, except for a few organized tours:
Boston to San Francisco, 1870. Boston Board of Trade
Transcontinental Excursion of Railroad Agents, 1870
George Mortimer Pullman Excursion. Across the Continent, 1869
For transcontinental railroad travel dates no later than 1873:
ReplyDeleteThere is a book, "Railway passenger lists of overland trains to San Francisco and the West, (Ship 'n rail series)" by Louis J Rasmussen (Volume 1 only).
Also, "Railway Passenger Lists of Overland Trains to San Francisco & the West" Vol. 2: November 12, 1871 to April 23, 1873, Vol. 2 (1968)
From: "Michael Bolin" mgbolin@juno.com, mgbolin@att.net
ReplyDeleteI am trying to find CPRR passenger lists from the Ohio to California in the year 1880 / 1881 period give or take a year. Please give me an idea where I can look.
—Mike Bolin
Sorry, not aware of any such passenger lists existing for the 1880's.
ReplyDeleteFrom: "Sandi Rog" sandirog@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteCan you tell me how long it took for the train to travel from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Chicago, Illinois in 1880?
I’m a writer and need to know this for my research. ...
—Sandi Rog