Unlike the current western trains, I notice you could see almost the entire route by daylight if you went round trip.
Posted by Ocala Mike (Member # 4657) on :
Well, if you went round trip, you could also read Doctor Zhivago (twice!), vicariously fight the six-day war, and grow a long beard. Man, a week on a train might cure even the most die-hard foamer of their addiction.
Posted by TwinStarRocket (Member # 2142) on :
"Well, if you went round trip, you could also read Doctor Zhivago (twice!), vicariously fight the six-day war, and grow a long beard. Man, a week on a train might cure even the most die-hard foamer of their addiction."
I beg to differ, Mike. This is a 1950 schedule and Doctor Zhivago was completed in 1956.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Interesting URL, Mr. GP-35. That was "roundly' the schedule when I first rode the Sunset during December 1963.
While I have never ridden the Amtrak version West of NOL, it would appear that with its real life timekeeping, that schedule is often replicated today.
Posted by Geoff M (Member # 153) on :
December '63 eh? Oh what a night that must have been, and a very special time... etc.
Interesting set of pages. I often marvel at old timetables.
Geoff M.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Season '63 was one of those rare times that my alma mater, Univ of Illinois, got a Rose Bowl invitation.
My itinerary for that journey was Golden State to el Paso (time to ride streetcars and railfanning NdeM in Juarez), Sunset to LA, thence return on the City of LA to Chi.
Posted by gp35 (Member # 3971) on :
Anyone know of any old online pictures of the Sunset Limited? pre-40's pictures.