It’s November, 1905. Timetables are bulging all kinds of service on the Auburn Road. The number of passenger, express, mail, and accommodation trains on this single-track branchline is hard to imagine. An old employees timetable reveals this detail of normal daily operation on the line between Syracuse and Rochester.
Westbound
First Class
Train Number
235 Mail Daily
265 Buffalo Express Daily except Sunday
207 Accommodation Daily
257 Day Express Daily except Sunday
251 New York Express Daily except Sunday
219 Mail Daily except Sunday
203 Day Express Daily
211 Rochester Express Daily except Sunday
Second Class
283 Freight Daily except Sunday
285 Way Freight Daily except Sunday
291 Freight Daily except Sunday
293 Freight Daily except Sunday
Eastbound
First Class
202 Day Express Daily except Sunday
218 New York Express Daily
208 New York Express Daily
250 New York Express Daily except Sunday
212 New York Express Daily
214 Accommodation Daily except Sunday
236 New York Express Daily
Second Class
280 Freight Daily except Sunday
282 Way Freight Daily except Sunday
288 Freight Daily except Sunday
292 Freight Daily except Sunday
