This 1917 booklet is made of the same materials as yesterday’s booklet, but was printed by a different company, Smith-Brooks. In addition to the different title, all of the photos are different, though some only slightly, probably because of this … Continue reading
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This is one of many picture books published by various companies to be sold on board Denver & Rio Grande trains (and presumably in D&RG stations as well). This one happens to be dated 1906 (before the D&RG became the … Continue reading
One more menu from November, 1947 shows Salt Lake City’s Temple Square on the cover. The back cover gushes about Brigham Young’s wisdom and foresight in leading the Latter Day Saints to Salt Lake a century before the menu was … Continue reading
At 12,965 feet (the menu says 12,863 but the estimates must have been revised), Mount Sopris is one of Colorado’s shorter mountains. I may be wrong, but I don’t think it was visible from any Rio Grande train. Click image … Continue reading
Ruby Canyon isn’t as spectacular as Glenwood, Gore, and some of the other canyons followed by the Rio Grande Railroad, but it is the first interesting scenery eastbound passengers see on entering Colorado. The back of this menu has lengthy … Continue reading
In the late nineteenth and early part of the twentieth century, the Rio Grande heavily advertised the “Narrow Gauge Circle,” (though by 1915 parts were standard gauge). This consisted of a loop starting in Pueblo, going south to Alamosa and … Continue reading
Although the Rio Grande Zephyr was a quality operation, as seen yesterday the railroad did not bother to adorn its menus with photos of scenery seen along the way. The same was true with ticket envelopes; while those from the … Continue reading
For more than a decade after Amtrak took over most passenger trains, the Rio Grande continued to serve passengers dinners in style, with cloth tablecloths (all marked California Zephyr), heavy china (made for the Rio Grande Zephyr, and silverware. This … Continue reading
Just over a year after Amtrak took over most passenger trains, the Rio Grande offered this menu to passengers on the Rio Grande Zephyr. It has far fewer offerings than yesterday’s 1966 menu, but that’s mainly because this is the … Continue reading
With the Prospector on top and the California Zephyr along the bottom of this menu card, this could have been used on either train. However, it was probably used on the Prospector as the Cal Zephyr had its own, specially … Continue reading