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The Pennsylvania Railroad (PARR) was one of the dominant railroad carriers in the US for over a century. Founded in 1837, it served the area between New York and Washington in the east to Chicago and St. Louis in the west, with most of its trackage concentrated in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The PARR competed head-to-head with the New York Central (NYC) in many markets; after World War II, as passenger traffic began to dwindle and operating costs rose, the PARR began having difficult financial times. In a survival move, the PARR and NYC merged to form the Penn Central in 1968; this move was not successful either, and in 1976 the US government took over this line, and other eastern regional railroads, to form Conrail. Conrail was sold to Norfolk Southern and CSX in 1999, and the surviving PARR trackage is now operated primarily by these two railroads.

For auction is a passenger train timetable from the Pennsylvania, dated April 29, 1962. It lists all passenger runs on this railroad. Trains are listed by route and train number, with arrival/departure times for stations served. There are separate listings for trains between (a) Chicago-Baltimore-Washington-Philadelphia-New York; (b) St. Louis-Indianapolis-Dayton-east coast; (c) New York-Boston (New Haven Railroad); (d) Cleveland-Youngstown-east coast; (e) Chicago-Indianapolis-Louisville; (f) Chicago-Richmond-Cincinnati-N&W connections; (g) Chicago-Dayton-Columbus; (g) Pittsburgh-Baltimore-Washington-Philadelphia-New York; (h) Washington-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York-Montreal-Ottawa- Quebec; (i) Washington-New York; and (j) Philadelphia-New York.

There are equipment manifests for the primary trains such as the Manhattan Limited, the Broadway Limited, the Cincinnati Limited, and the Clevelander; fare schedules for coach and sleeper services; and a map of the Pennsylvania system.

This timetable measures appx 9x4 inches unopened and opens to appx 9x8 inches; it contains 16 pages. The cover and content pages are a medium-grade paperstock. This timetable appears to be unused and is in excellent condition-- there are no rips, tears, spills, smears, writing or markings, and the binding is secure with all pages firmly in place.

A great collectible for the Pennsy railfan.