Nostalgia & History > Railroad Paper from Nebraska. 1886 and 1908

I found these in an antique dresser that I purchased years ago in Logan, Iowa. I did not mention these items to the clerk as I loaded the dresser.
I can't imagine no one else had ever looked in the top drawer, but who knows.  Maybe it was my bonus for not haggling on the price.

A Union Pacific passenger ticket from December 19, 1908  between Columbus and Benton, Nebraska.
As the note written on the ticket states, Benton is now Richland, NE.  Wikipedia also confirms this. I wish whomever did not write on the ticket, but too late now.

Train Baggage waybill from the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley and Sioux City and Pacific Railroads.   December 5th, 1886.  I don't have an old timetable so I am not sure what train 3 would be in 1886.

Rick Z
  

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Then the 2 sides of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha  baggage waybill from March 24, 1910. Blair Nebraska to Omaha.


Rick Z

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Wow, what a great find!! Hard to read some of the writing on the baggage waybills, but it looks like destinations include Bancroft, Emerson, and Wakefield. Thanks for sharing your discovery.

Kim Heusel

> Train Baggage waybill from the Fremont, Elkhorn &
> Missouri Valley and Sioux City and Pacific
> Railroads.   December 5th, 1886.  I don't have
> an old timetable so I am not sure what train 3
> would be in 1886.

Hello Rick,

Better than finding an old pair of socks!

Around that time Train 3 was "The Limited", the premium passenger train service on UP's Overland Route.  It ran west from Omaha in the afternoon.  

Take care,

Mark