From the pages of the Official Guide, December 1941

                                                              
                                                                
                                                                
 

The Birmingham Special

                                                        
 

Pennsylvania/Southern/Norfolk & Western

                                                        
 

November 22, 1941

                                                        
                                                                
 

125

 

Train Number

  

176(3rd)

                                                        
 

Daily

 

Miles

(Pennsylvania)

Services

 

Daily

                                                        
 

12 30P

Dp

0

New York, NY (Penna. Sta.) (ET)

C R A

Ar

4 45P

                                                        
 

12 45P

 

10

Newark, NJ

C R A

 

4 29P

                                                        
 

1 31P

 

58.1

Trenton, NJ

C R A

                                                          
 

2 01P

 

85.9

North Philadelphia, PA

C A

 

3 22P

                                                        
 

2 09P

Ar

91.4

Philadelphia, PA (30th St. Sta.)

C R A

Dp

3 13P

                                                        
 

2 10P

Dp

   

Ar

3 12P

                                                        
 

2 39P

 

118.1

Wilmington, DE

C A

 

2 44P

                                                        
 

3 40P

Ar

186.6

Baltimore, MD

C R A

Dp

1 42P

                                                        
 

3 41P

Dp

   

Ar

1 41P

                                                        
 

4 25P

Ar

226.6

Washington, DC

C R A

Dp

12 35P

                                                        
 

17

(Southern)

18

                                                        
 

4 50P

Dp

226.6

Washington, DC

T C

Ar

12 35P

                                                        
 

5 05P

 

234.8

Alexandria, VA

C

 

12 15P

                                                        
 

5 45P

 

259.2

Manassas, VA

T C

 

11 35A

                                                        
 

6 04P

 

272.9

Calverton, VA

T C

 

11 16A

                                                        
 

6 35P

 

294

Culpeper, VA

T C

 

10 46A

                                                        
 

7 02P

 

311.3

Orange, VA

T C

 

10 18A

                                                        
 

7 46P

 

338.8

Charlottesville, VA

T C

 

9 38A

                                                        
 

F

 

368.7

Shipman, VA

T C

                                                          
 

F

 

384.6

Amherst, VA

T C

                                                          
 

F

 

386.6

Sweetbriar, VA

C

 

F 8 25A

                                                        
   

391.7

Monroe, VA

T C

 

8 15A

                                                        
 

9 32P

Ar

399.1

Lynchburg, VA (Kemper St.)

T C

Dp

7 55A

                                                        
  

(Norfolk & Western)

                                                         
 

9 50P

Dp

399.1

Lynchburg, VA (Kemper St.)

T C

Ar

7 50A

                                                        
 

10 22P

 

423.6

Bedford, VA

T C

 

7 18A

                                                        
 

11 01P

Ar

451.7

Roanoke, VA

T C

Dp

6 40A

                                                        
 

11 11P

Dp

   

Ar

6 30A

                                                        
 

11 24P

 

458.5

Salem, VA

T C

                                                          
 

12 03A

 

484.3

Christiansburg, VA

T C

                                                          
 

12 25A

 

494.9

Radford, VA

T C

 

5 21A

                                                        
 

F

 

510.3

Pulaski, VA

T C

                                                          
 

F

 

531.1

Wytheville, VA

T C

                                                          
 

3 15A

Ar

602.8

Bristol, TN-VA

T C

Dp

2 40A

                                                        
  

(Southern)

                                                         
 

2 25A

Dp

602.8

Bristol, TN-VA (CT)

T C

Ar

1 30A

                                                        
 

3 10A

 

627.6

Johnson City, TN

T C

 

12 48A

                                                        
 

3 25A

 

635.9

Jonesboro, TN

T C

 

12 28A

                                                        
 

4 00A

 

659.5

Greeneville, TN

T C

 

11 53P

                                                        
 

4 55A

 

691.8

Morristown, TN

T C

 

11 02P

                                                        
 

5 55A

Ar

733.5

Knoxville, TN

T C

Dp

10 00P

                                                        
 

6 05A

Dp

   

Ar

9 50P

                                                        
 

F 6 35A

 

756.8

Lenoir City, TN

T C

 

F 9 10P

                                                        
 

F 6 44A

 

762.4

Loudon, TN

T C

 

F 9 00P

                                                        
 

F 7 02A

 

774.8

Sweetwater, TN

T C

 

F 8 45P

                                                        
 

F 7 20A

 

788.7

Athens, TN

C

 

F 8 26P

                                                        
 

7 55A

 

815.5

Cleveland, TN

T C

 

7 50P

                                                        
 

8 50A

Ar

844.4

Chattanooga, TN (Terminal Sta.)

T C

Dp

7 00P

                                                        
  

Through Sleeper New York-Nashville

                                                         
 

6

Connecting Train Number (Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis)

5

                                                        
 

9 10A

Dp

0

Chattanooga, TN

T C A

Ar

6 30P

                                                        
 

1 35P

Ar

151.7

Nashville, TN (CT)

T C A

Dp

1 55P

                                                        
  

Through Sleeper Washington-Memphis

                                                         
 

35

Connecting Train Number (Southern)

36

                                                        
 

9 15A

Dp

0

Chattanooga, TN (Terminal Sta.)

T C

Ar

6 30P

                                                        
 

1 50P

Ar

165.8

Sheffield, AL (Muscle Shoals)

T C

Dp

1 20P

                                                        
 

6 30P

Ar

310.7

Memphis, TN (Union Sta.) (CT)

T C

Dp

8 45A

                                                        
 

9 10A

Dp

844.4

Chattanooga, TN (Terminal Sta.)

T C

Ar

6 35P

                                                        
 

10 20A

 

895.1

Fort Payne, AL

T C

 

5 18P

                                                        
 

11 03A

 

931.6

Attalla, AL

T C

 

4 38P

                                                        
 

12 10P

Ar

987.4

Birmingham, AL (CT)

T C

Dp

3 30P

                                                        
 

47

Connecting Train Number (Southern)

48

                                                        
 

1 00P

Dp

0

Birmingham, AL

T C

Ar

3 15P

                                                        
 

3 55P

Ar

152.4

Meridian, MS

T C

Dp

12 20P

                                                        
 

5 07P

 

209.1

Laurel, MS

T C

 

11 04A

                                                        
 

5 43P

 

238

Hattiesburg, MS

T C

 

10 30A

                                                        
 

8 15P

Ar

354.6

New Orleans, LA (Terminal Sta.) (CT)

T C

Dp

8 00A

                                                        
                                                                
    

Train 125-17: 33 stops, 24:40, 40.0 MPH

                                                           
    

Train 18-176: 32 stops, 24:15, 40.7 MPH