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Central Pacific Railroad Tickets

This CPRR ticket for First Class passage on the connecting Virginia & Truckee Railroad between the CPRR main line at Reno, NV, and Virginia City, NV, was issued by the CPRR General Ticket Office (“M”) at San Francisco, CA, on April 17, 1878. The 1878 timetable and map is from the Rand McNally Official Railway Guide & Handbook.

1878
CPRR - Virginia & Truckee Ticket, 1878

Schedule, 1878

1877 Employee Pass
V&TRR Employee Pass, 1877

Emigrant Ticket 1876
Emigrant Ticket 1876
1876 "Emigrant" ticket issued by the Western
Union RR (Racine, WI) for travel to Virginia City, NV, via W.U.R.R.,
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR, U.P.R.R., C.P.R.R., and Virginia &
Truckee RR (with Reno to Virginia City check still attached).

 

Virginia & Truckee San Framcisco to Carson, Nevada Ticket Order 1870's
 

UPRR Ticket 1889
UPRR Ticket 1889

Courtesy Bruce C. Cooper Collection.


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Other CPRR Tickets and Seat Checks

Excursion of Travel Agents - ticket
"A Souvenir of the Transcontinental Excursion of Railroad Agents," 1870 Ticket.

CPRR - Virginia & Truckee RR Ticket CPRR - Virginia & Truckee RR Ticket
CPRR - Virginia & Truckee RR Ticket CPRR - Virginia & Truckee RR Ticket
CPRR Seat Check

CPRR Seat Check

CPRR Seat Check
CPRR Seat Check CPRR Seat Check


Complementary Ticket Pass signed by Collis Porter Huntington, 1871.
Complementary Ticket Pass signed by Collis Porter Huntington, 1871
"Complimentary" ticket for the CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD OF CALIFORNIA, dated February 11th 1871, and signed / autographed by C. P. Huntington as Vice-President. It was issued for travel "GOING EAST" From San Francisco to Union Junction. This paper pass / ticket was presented to: Hon. (Honorable) Francis E. Shober M.C. ­ Shober was a U.S. Representative or Member of Congress (M.C.) from the state of North Carolina, serving as a Democrat from 1869 – 73.
Courtesy Anonymous Donor.



1885 One-Trip Pass
CPRR One-Use Ticket Pass
CPRR One-Use Ticket Pass, verso
Courtesy of Anonymous Donor.



c. 1870's Carson City, Nevada to San Francisco and return Ticket OrderTicket



c. 1885
Transcontinental RR Ticket
CPRR Old Colony RR Ticket
Old Colony Railroad Co.
CPRR Interline Ticket


Also see:
Central Pacific Railroad upper and lower berth tickets, 1869
UPRR & CPRR Railroad Line Ticket, 1871
UPRR & CPRR Railroad Line Ticket, 1871
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R.R. Emigrant Ticket from Chicago to San Francisco via the CPRR, 1871.


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