by JohnP
Anybody know how ticket agents used to determine (pre-Amtrak) the price of a passenger ticket?
I've seen in time-tables the section titled "Railroad and Pullman Fares", but only for a few railroads. Was there an Official Guide like publication that had tables of fares for all stations? Or, was this published by each railroad for their own stations. I was wondering how (for example) a ticket-agent would determine the price of a ticket (rail + pullman) for people traveling from one small-town to another (say, Podunk IA to Fruitvale CA).
Does anybody have any "search words" to search on? I was hoping "railroad and pullman fares" would turn-up something, but this just finds a few time-table PDF's.
Thanks,
John.
I've seen in time-tables the section titled "Railroad and Pullman Fares", but only for a few railroads. Was there an Official Guide like publication that had tables of fares for all stations? Or, was this published by each railroad for their own stations. I was wondering how (for example) a ticket-agent would determine the price of a ticket (rail + pullman) for people traveling from one small-town to another (say, Podunk IA to Fruitvale CA).
Does anybody have any "search words" to search on? I was hoping "railroad and pullman fares" would turn-up something, but this just finds a few time-table PDF's.
Thanks,
John.