Nostalgia & History > Somewhat off-topic: Binders for Loose-Leaf Timetables

For the timetable collectors out there, what do you do with loose-leaf timetables and rulebooks when you are missing the proper-sized binders?

A quick glance at my collection reveals the following paper sizes used by ATSF, BN, SP, or Amtrak for which I am missing binders for:

6.5" by 4.25" 2-ring binder

6.625" by 4.5" 6-ring binder
8.5" by 3.75" 6-ring binder
7" by 5.25" 6-ring binder
7.25" by 4" 6-ring binder
10" by 7" 6-ring binder

8.5" by 5.5" 7-ring binder

Personally, I could care less if the binders are non-authentic. All I'm interested in is a source for these odd-shaped binders that won't charge me $25 each.

Thanks for your help!

No expertise from the collectors stand point, but I did spend a very long time in the office products business. You might try contacting National Blank Book (I hope they are still around), they are a large manaufacturer of binders and forms. Another place might be a commercial printing house. Unfortunatly, the large office supply stores like Staples and Office Depot employ people without a lot of expertise in UNCOMMON items.

I have some Amtrak binders and CONRAIL binders excess to my collection that seem to meet your measurements. Contact me off line by email.

I have an extra Southern Pacific binder at home they might be compatible, contact me off-line at

bnsf6400@aol.com

if your interested.

Rick K.

I had a couple of oddball ones that I managed to find a binder for. One was a
Conrail one with 2 rings, and another was a Chessie with a bunch of holes, but
it fit the same as the 2-ring one I used for the Conrail ones. I think I just
got them at a regular office store, like Office Depot or something.

Out of curiousity, do you have any Amtrak binders for the standard size timetables (8.5/11 sheets?)