New York to Chicago

How long did it take to travel from New York to Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 1 days door to door, $52 in first class.

Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.

The journey in 1925

Getting to the port
New York → Chicago (by rail, about 19 h 48, estimate)
Embarkation
New York
Sailing
Thursday 12 March 1925
Steamer
Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
via
Albany, Buffalo and Cleveland
Arrival
Chicago, Friday 13 March 1925
Door to door
1 days
Fare · First Class
$52

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The journey in 1933

Getting to the port
New York → Chicago (by rail, about 19 h 48, estimate)
Embarkation
New York
Sailing
Thursday 14 September 1933
Steamer
Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
via
Albany, Buffalo and Cleveland
Arrival
Chicago, Friday 15 September 1933
Door to door
1 days
Fare · First Class
$46

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