Starting in 1916, The Ranger was Santa Fe’s train between Chicago and Galveston, Texas, the same route as the streamlined Texas Chief. In the busy years during and right after the war, The Ranger might include three or four coaches … Continue reading
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In the pre-streamlined era, the Santa Fe Railway ran numerous named passenger trains between Chicago and Los Angeles, including the Los Angeles Limited (a name later also used by the Union Pacific); the California Limited; the Chief (which started in … Continue reading
This menu is dated January 10, less than four months before Amtrak took over, yet it shows the attention to detail and quality that would be expected for what was by then unquestionably the nation’s premiere train. The color cover … Continue reading
Fast forward from 1950 to 1970 for a breakfast menu dated October 1. Unlike yesterday’s lunch menu, this one doesn’t skimp on anything: a folder with a color cover (unlike the Texas Chief whose menus seemingly deserved only sepia tones) … Continue reading
Here’s another Super Chief menu from the New York Public Library, this one dated January 21, 1950. Though war rationing is long gone, this menu certainly doesn’t seem like it came from one of the nation’s premiere trains. But, cialis … Continue reading
Here, courtesy of the New York Public Library, are two dinner menus from the Super Chief. Both are dated June 11 (and the library helpfully added that they were from 1946), but they have different offerings. Click image to download … Continue reading
Today’s menu features Autumn Aspens, a painting by Fremont Ellis (misspelled Freemont on the menu cover). Born and raised in Montana, Ellis became a self-taught painter and photographer who was eventually settled in Santa Fe. He would photograph scenes and … Continue reading
The cover painting on this menu is called Acequia Madre or Deep Shadows and was painted by Theodore Van Soelen, an artist living in Teseque, New Mexico. Born in St. Paul in 1890, Van Soelen suffered from tuberculosis and moved … Continue reading
Today will be the first of three Santa Fe menus from the early 1960s. Unlike the Texas Chief menus shown previously, these menus have color covers, but don’t mention the name of a train on the inside. I’ve only seen … Continue reading
This menu was issued the same day in 1961 as yesterday’s lunch menu. Like the lunch menu, the painting on the cover is by E. Irving Couse and this time depicts a Hopi Indian making an arrow. Click image to … Continue reading