The quarterly Travelers’ Official Railway Guide for the United States and
Canada will have the details. Go to
http://www.naotc.org/oldguides/index.html and you will get a list of those
which have been scanned, including the July-September 1884 issue. Searching
on line will be a nightmare, given the numerous available choices but if
there is a major research university or, even better, a good railway museum
nearby, they may have a hard copy you can browse.

On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 2:19 AM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Plotting the railway lines that Mark Twain likely traveled on for the
> Twain-Cable tour has given me a fresh perspective on just how the tour
> may have transpired.  I believe that Twain and Cable departed
> Providence, RI the morning of Monday Nov. 10.  They took the train to
> Boston, MA and procured accommodations at the Parker House.  They then
> proceeded to Melrose for a show at the Town Hall, returning again to
> Boston for the night.  The next evening they took a train to Lowell for
> the Tuesday show at Huntington Hall, returning again to Boston for the
> night. The same procedure Wednesday with a trip to Waltham.  Thursday
> was their Boston Music Hall show and Friday a trip to Brockton andback
> again that evening.  Saturday they gave a matinée in Boston then
> departed the city; George to Simsbury and Sam went back to Hartford via
> Providence.
>
> I haven't seen anything indicating that they stayed the night in any of
> those cities visited on this portion of the tour, except Boston.
> Incidentally, the railway lines I've been mapping all existed in 1870.
> I will need to determine if any new lines were created by 1885 and if
> any had ceased to operate.
>