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
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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