New York to Los Angeles
How long did it take to travel from New York to Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 5 days door to door, $209 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); Chicago → San Francisco (by rail, about 62 h 42, estimate); San Francisco → Los Angeles (by rail, about 13 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 12 March 1925
- Steamer
- Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
- Calls
- Chicago, San Francisco
- via
- Omaha, Cheyenne, Ogden, Reno and Sacramento
- Arrival
- Los Angeles, Wednesday 18 March 1925
- Door to door
- 5 days
- Fare · First Class
- $209
Transfer at Chicago to the Overland & Pacific Transfer at San Francisco to the Overland & Pacific
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- New York → Chicago (by rail, about 19 h 48, estimate); Chicago → San Francisco (by rail, about 62 h 42, estimate); San Francisco → Los Angeles (by rail, about 13 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
- Calls
- Chicago, San Francisco
- via
- Omaha, Cheyenne, Ogden, Reno and Sacramento
- Arrival
- Los Angeles, Wednesday 20 September 1933
- Door to door
- 5 days
- Fare · First Class
- $183
Transfer at Chicago to the Overland & Pacific Transfer at San Francisco to the Overland & Pacific
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