New York to San Francisco
How long did it take to travel from New York to San Francisco in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 4 days door to door, $156 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)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 12 March 1925
- Steamer
- Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
- Calls
- Chicago
- via
- Omaha, Cheyenne, Ogden, Reno and Sacramento
- Arrival
- San Francisco, Monday 16 March 1925
- Door to door
- 4 days
- Fare · First Class
- $156
Transfer at Chicago 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)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
- Calls
- Chicago
- via
- Omaha, Cheyenne, Ogden, Reno and Sacramento
- Arrival
- San Francisco, Monday 18 September 1933
- Door to door
- 4 days
- Fare · First Class
- $137
Transfer at Chicago to the Overland & Pacific
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