Today’s menu features a winter scene of the Colorado Rockies–possibly Pike’s Peak–on the cover. Where the 1941 menu had a lengthy description of the cover scene, and the 1956 menu had a brief description, this one has none at all. … Continue reading
The beautiful Maroon Bells appear on the cover of this menu, which was used for New York Kiwanis Clubs heading to a San Francisco convention. They were probably on the Prospector or Royal Gorge, as if they had been on … Continue reading
Courtesy of the New York Public Library, here is a dinner menu featuring Mesa Verde National Park on the cover. Compared with many postwar menus, this menu offers an incredible number of items. Click image to download a 0.9-MB PDF … Continue reading
The Chesapeake & Ohio had ordered six dome cars for its ill-fated Chessie train, including three dome-sleepers and three dome observation cars. When the B&O purchased the dome-sleepers for its Capital Limited, the other three went to the Denver & … Continue reading
In November, 1941, the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad inaugurated the Prospector, a pair of Budd-built two-car trains that went overnight between Denver and Salt Lake City via the Moffat Tunnel. Unfortunately, the trains proved inadequate for the job: with … Continue reading
