Sample Nickel Plate Road Freight Schedules
Table 1.CB-12 Chicago to Buffalo
Lv Calumet............0830 CT
Lv Osborn..............0945 CT
Ar Fort Wayne.......1315 CT
Lv Fort Wayne........1345
Ar Bellevue.............1700
Lv Bellevue.............1900 ET
Ar Conneaut...........2300
Lv Conneaut...........2315
Ar Buffalo...............0245
Table 2.CB2. Chicago to Buffalo
Lv Calumet....................1930 CT
Lv Osborn......................2030
Ar Fort Wayne...............0005
Lv Fort Wayne...............0035
Ar Bellevue....................0355 CT
Lv Bellevue....................0555 ET
Ar Conneaut..................1100
Lv Conneaut..................1135
Ar Buffalo......................1530
Table 3. CD54 Cleveland to Buffalo
Lv Cleveland (E.55th St.)..........2300
Ar Conneaut............................0200
Lv Conneaut............................0300
Ar Erie....................................0500
Ar Buffalo................................0700
Most eastbound NKP freights made connections with the following trains at Buffalo,NY:
DL&W: BH8,NE4,NE6,BH2
LVRR: BNE2,BP2
NYC: SLD6
Erie: 84,78
PRR: BNY16,BF14,BF4.
Table 4. MB98. East St. Louis to Buffalo
Lv Madison..................1100 CT
Ar Charleston...............1420
Lv Charleston................1440
Ar Fraonkfort................1800
Lv Frankfort...................1925
Ar Lima........................0020
Lv Lima.........................0050
Ar Bellevue...................0400
Lv Bellevue....................0600
Ar Conneaut..................1106
Lv Conneaut...................1120
Ar Buffalo.......................1530 connect to Erie 98 at Lima,Ohio.
Table 5. BC3. Buffalo to Bellevue
Lv Buffalo......................1500
ar Erie..........................1800
ArConneaut..................2000
Lv Conneaut.................2100
Ar Bellevue...................0300
Table 6.NS-1 Buffalo to St. Louis
Lv Buffalo......................2130
Ar Conneaut.................0130
Lv Conneaut.................0200
Ar Bellevue..................0730
Lv Bellevue..................0830
Ar Lima......................1150
Lv Lima......................1250
Ar Frankfort................1750
Lv Frankfort................1825
Ar Charleston.............2300
Lv Chaleston..............2315
Ar Madison 0400
Table 7. NC3 Buffalo to Chicago
Lv Buffalo...................2345
Ar Conneaut...............0400
Lv Conneaut...............0420
Ar Bellevue................0845
Lv Bellevue................1030
Ar Fort Wayne...........1600
Lv Fort Wayne............1630
Ar Calumet.................2300
1955 Passenger Train Schedules(condensed, only scheduled stops shown)
Table1. Chicago-Fort Wayne-Cleveland-Buffalo
8.................6.................Stations...............7.............5
0920.......2235......Lv Chicago..........Ar..1440.........0630
0935.......2249..........Englewood...........1427.........0612
1014.......2313..........Hammond.............1352........0522
1110.......0013..........Knox....................1245........0411
1123.......c...............Hibbard.................1228........0352
1230.......0146..........Fort Wayne...........1109........0235
1235.......0201......Lv Fort Wayne.......Ar.1102........0220
1416........u..............Continental............1107.........0221
1452.......0424..........North Findlay.........1028........0137
1512.......0445..........Fostoria................1013.........0118
1551.......0525.......ArBellevue..........Lv...0934........0037
1554......0530........LvBellevue..........Ar...0930........0032
1643......0620...........Lorain...................0848........2345
1730......0705.........Ar Cleveland......Lv...0805........2255
1745......0725.........Lv Cleveland......Ar...0750........2230
1826......0819..........Painesville.............0710.........2230
1853......0852.........Ashtabula..............0644..........2115
1912.....0912......Ar Conneaut.........Lv..0626...........2056
1917.....0917......Lv Conneaut.........ar..0622...........2051
-------.....1011..........Northeast..............------...........-------
2023.....1027..........Westfield..............-------..........-------
-------......1046.........Dunkirk...............--------...........1920
2135.....1140 Ar Buffalo,NY.....Lv...0420.............1830
Table2. Cleveland-St. Louis (condensed Schedule)
10..............Stations...................9
1800....L ...St.Louis.......A.....0645
1830....East St.Louis............0610
2340....A Frankfort..........L....0055
2350....L Frankfort...........A...0045
0115......Muncie...................2308
0152......Portland.................2224
0435.....South Lima.............2200
0500........Lima....................2145
0600.......Findlay..................2045
0700.......Bellevue................1928
0746.......Lorain...................1842
0830 A Cleveland..........L...1800