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I have a book (at home at present) about the developent of the railway passenger car, and it contains a great deal of writings from passengers on the American railways, early 1840's through the early 1900's. <br /> <br />It would appear from the Brits who wrote about early American rail travel, that the call "All Aboard" and "All Out" were unique to the U.S. "All Out" would be called to get passengers out of the coaches and into the rail dining halls for the brief food stops on long journeys. "All Aboard" would indicate that the 15 or 20 minute stop was concluded, as no train crew paid much attention to whether or not everyone was back on the train. <br /> <br />Interestingly, some remarked that occaisionally the train would "sneak off", without a call for passengers, nor a ringing of the bell or a blow of the whistle!
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