if a person in the 1890's wanted to go from Maryland to Utah which roads and routes would they have taken by rail?
I expect they'd have taken the B&O or the Pennsy to Chicago, something like the Rock Island or maybe the Milwaukee to Omaha, and the UP to Utah.
It's a start, anyway.
Ed
According to my 1893 Official Railway Guide there are several options.
Easiest to figure is Utah, there are basically 2 ways into Utah from the East, the UP via Ogden and DRGW via Provo, so depending on where in Utah, it would change the route.
From the UP, that would take your east to Kansas City or Council Bluffs. From Council Bluffs you had your choice of the CRIP, CB&Q, MILW or CNW to Chicago. The WAB is also a possibility, but a much longer route. From Chicago to Maryland the B&O would be the best route.
From the DRGW via Denver, you could ride the CB&Q, CRIP to Chicago.
Or from Denver you could take the MP or UP to Kansas City, then the MP to St Louis and B&O to Maryland.
Those have the fewest transfers, If you want to change RR's there are literally hundreds of alphabet routes.
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The Pacific Tourist lists the various routes. It can be downloaded free and is available in several different formats. I have a PDF copy.
http://books.google.com/books?id=nbsUAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:a0_80iOCEcYC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hDPzUZXFM47s8gSstIHACQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Wild guess?? Union Pacific....
Cheers,
Frank
If you tell me what station on the B&O you want to board the train in Maryland and what station on the DRGW or UP you want to get off at in Utah, and what routing you want to take, I can used the ORG to tell you when you have to be at the station in MD, what trains you'll ride, where you'll change trains, when you'll leave, when you'll arrive and what time you will be arriving in Utah.
dehusman If you tell me what station on the B&O you want to board the train in Maryland and what station on the DRGW or UP you want to get off at in Utah, and what routing you want to take, I can used the ORG to tell you when you have to be at the station in MD, what trains you'll ride, where you'll change trains, when you'll leave, when you'll arrive and what time you will be arriving in Utah.
To get the best connection at Chicago you will leave home by carriage in the morning and arrive at the Baltimore station in time to catch B&O No. 5 at 1020am Monday. You will travel through Pittsburgh and Akron arriving Chicago at 1155am Tuesday. That gives you enough time to eat dinner enroute from the B&O station to the CNW station. Because you are eager to get to Ogden, you will catch CNW No 1, leaving Chicago at 1015pm Tuesday. You will travel across Iowa and arrive in Omaha at 215pm on Wednesday where you will makes direct through connection to UP No 1, leaving Omaha at 215 pm Wednesday. The UP will take you through Cheyenne a 550am on Thursday. and you will pull into Ogden at 100am on Friday.
When you arrive Ogden you will marvel at the fact that it only took you 4 days to travel from Baltimore to Ogden when thirty years before the trip would have taken almost a month.
thank you for the help with this. can you tell me how you found all that information?
dehusman To get the best connection at Chicago you will leave home by carriage in the morning and arrive at the Baltimore station in time to catch B&O No. 5 at 1020am Monday. You will travel through Pittsburgh and Akron arriving Chicago at 1155am Tuesday. That gives you enough time to eat dinner enroute from the B&O station to the CNW station. Because you are eager to get to Ogden, you will catch CNW No 1, leaving Chicago at 1015pm Tuesday. You will travel across Iowa and arrive in Omaha at 215pm on Wednesday where you will makes direct through connection to UP No 1, leaving Omaha at 215 pm Wednesday. The UP will take you through Cheyenne a 550am on Thursday. and you will pull into Ogden at 100am on Friday. When you arrive Ogden you will marvel at the fact that it only took you 4 days to travel from Baltimore to Ogden when thirty years before the trip would have taken almost a month.
I bought a reprint of the 1893 Official Railway Guide at a train show several years ago. It has most of the passenger and steamship schedules for railroads and lines in N America. You can occaisionally find them on e-Bay or Amazon (search for Official Railway Guide). (a search on eBay has an 1895 edition for sale).