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. >