Recently the Author of Oil Electric posted some old excerpts from some Time Tables from years ago. I decided that where Dad did save some of the Time Tables from the past, never to be duplicated again, I share the Maritime Portions here.
Looking at the schedules here one can see that the Ocean Limited and the Scotian left Halifax about 20 minutes apart but where the Scotian stopped at more stations by the time they both arrived in Montreal there was a time span of over 90 minutes. The Ocean Limited at this time was a true Limited Train with Sleeping Cars only.
Further Perusal of the time tables one found that the Ocean Limited also had Sleeping Cars from the Sydneys added at Truro, Nova Scotia and from Charlottetown added at Moncton, New Brunswick. There is a wealth of information here and this isn't even including the Trans Continental Trains and the Trains in the Montreal ~ Toronto Corridor.
The Time Tables and Equipment Lists is from 1952, the Coach, Sleeping Car and Parlor Car fares are from 1954.
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Halifax to Mont Joli - 1952.jpg)
Mont Joli to Montreal - 1952
Halifax - Sydney Trains - 1952
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Equipment Maritimes and Montreal Trains - 1952
Fares - Coach, Sleeping Car and Parlor Car - 1954
Fares - Coach, Sleeping Car and Parlor Car - 1954Till the next time.
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"The Old Fart"
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Great posting, Bill. As I said before, you can learn a lot about a railroad and it's operations by reading the time tables and foot notes. I noticed Mackenzie Bus Lines on Table 75A. Is that the same outfit as the bus photo I sent you? Thanks for an interesting post!
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