1952 UP Union Pacific Railroad passenger train timetable (dated September 28)

The Union Pacific Railroad (UP) is the largest rail transportation company in the US. Established in 1862, it has grown both by construction and by acquisition; its system now includes such railroads as the Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Missouri Pacific, Rio Grande, Chicago & North Western, and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas. Its system stretches from Chicago and New Orleans in the east to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle in the west.
The UP, like most railroads, offered tourist packages as a means to generate traffic and revenue. 
For auction is a passenger train timetable dated September 28, 1952. It lists all runs of the UP, both long distance and local trains. The UP operated a numbr of famous named trains, the "Pony Express, Los Angeles Limited, San Francisco Overland, and City of St. Louis"  to mention a few. Schedules are by run number, with arrival/departure times for stations served. There are equipment manifests for the major trains, a schedule of fares, system map and connections to other trains at principal interchange points. 

This timetable measures appx 9x4 inches closed and contains 52 pages. The cover is on lower-grade paperstock, and the content pages are a kraft-type paper. It is in excellent condition, for something of this age. There are no rips, tears, witing or markings, and the binding is secure with all pages firmly in place.