Travel Credit Plan and Rail Fare Details Across Decades
A railroads guide describes the Travel Credit Plan begun May 20 1940 by 66 railroads with Travelers' Credit Corporation offering installments on rail tickets Pullman stays and tours with no down payment and a $50 minimum. It also notes per mile costs by year 1921 to 1939 32 34 37 52 and 54 miles respectively and explains lower coach fares per mile due to weight capacity and occupancy differences. It lists Pullman rates for a 300 mile trip and defines tourist sleeping cars as economical plainer versions of standard sleepers often with sixteen air conditioned sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Travelers' Credit Corporation
Fireman Called to Oklahoma City for Sister's Illness
Fireman D E Stephens rushed to Oklahoma City due to his sister's serious illness while SANTA FE H M Bainer travels in southern state for a farm irrigation meeting and plans to return by Monday. Duck hunters in the general office building note ducks shot high and spoke softly as birds may have heard radio news of the season. E A Pounds of the tax department is seen as a football prognosticator as Logan and Olson respond. Glenn Herbert, a boilermaker at the roundhouse, resigns to pursue other work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Stephens
Oklahoma City
H. M. Bainer
E. A. Pounds
Tax Department
Logan
Olson
City OF
Amarillo
Texas
Water Service
Armis tice Day train exhibit and city notices headline Amarillo
The local column notes the Santa Fe miniature freight train exhibit in the Armistice Day parade by Stalling and Ingenthron from Topeka, plus multiple city updates. It lists staffing changes, a water service ordinance passage, upcoming visits by teams, and various travel and illness notes across the Amarillo area for 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ©. Stalling
J. J. Ingenthron
Topeka
Railroad staff changes and crew reallocation in Panhandle division
Rock Island Co H Hardwick inspector based in Kansas City spent the week on the Panhandle division inspecting bridges and equipment. Train 998 Amarillo to Liberal departure moved from 12 35 A M to 9 35 A M and will be manned by two Dalhart conductors one Amarillo conductor and six Amarillo brakemen, or three full crews.
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J. A. Livingston
Railroad Retirement Board
Rock Island
Co. H. Hardwick
B&b
Rock Island Lines
Kansas City
Panhandle
Amarillo
Liberal
Dalhart
Beware Coughs Following Flu
After the flu ends the following cough may become chronic bronchitis if neglected. Creomulsion claims to loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and soothe inflamed bronchial membranes. Request a bottle from your druggist with a money back guarantee if it does not quickly relieve the cough.
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Association of American Rail-roads
Santa FE
Glenn Herbert
Roundhouse
Fir
Leto
Cretney
F. H. Ashcraft
Pittsburgh
St. Louis University
W. J
Elmer Sowder
Iowa
H. W. Anthony
Bill
Jimmie Woods
R. G. Victor
Old Mexico
Juarez
Roy
F. EF. Clark
Northwest Texas Hospital
Clark
Phillip Basil
FE. E. Clark
Audit Office
Jimmie Hackler
F. E. Machovec
Wellington
Kansas
C. F E. Brown
Brown
Albuquerque
Las Vegas
la Junta
Night Wire
Glenn Cowardin
San Diego
Homer Riner
Cowardin
F. F. Newton
Lane
Galveston
Henry Munn
Engineering Department
Joe A. Jenkins
Katheryne Burwell
Byron Singleton
Crince
R. E. McCord
Wylie B. Erdwurm
el Paso
Otis Cannon
New Mexico
A.H. Meyer
St. Petersburg Pla
Bernice Kempton
Otto Henville
Slaton
J. W. Walter
Julia Wilson
Ike” Hazlewood
John Williams
Joe Noble
Pecos
Clovis
R. N. Hilton
Newt
J. B. Demic
Groom
H. E. Jones
F. Steinwinder
J. H. Grider
B. E. Sherrill
J. C. Boykin
I. M. Hess
Louis M. Franks
Woodward
Okla
A. A. Gruhlkey
W. F. Dettle
Los Angeles
O. J. Dettle
Tolzien
Gulbransen
Mason-Hamlin
Kellogg's
W. Sixth
WA Hl
Sunny Brook
Kentucky
Bond
Cortro Ey Tama
Promeer
Ayinville
100 Proof Te Sage Company, Distributors
Amarillo, Texas
H. V. Robertson
Accountants & Auditors
Oliver-Enkie
Globe-News
Phillips
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