This is the first edition of a booklet that we’ve seen before with a different cover and many different interior photos. The painting on the cover of this booklet was done by Leslie Ragan for the Budd Company and, while … Continue reading
Although this menu looks a lot like the breakfast and lunch/dinner menus previously shown here, it is significantly smaller: 6×9 rather than 7-1/2×11-1/3. Unlike the food menus, this one isn’t blank on the back, instead using that space to summarize … Continue reading
This menu apparently served for either lunch or dinner. Since the meals on it were “available throughout the day,” someone could even use it to order breakfast. Click image to download a 782-KB PDF of this menu. Black sildenafil españa … Continue reading
North Coast Limited dining car menus were printed on glossy card stock. This isn’t quite as fancy, but the textured paper is very nice. Click image to download a 709-KB PDF of this menu. Eating right, exercising regularly, getting enough … Continue reading
These oversized postcards are obviously from a completely different era than the ones presented in the last few days. I have more older postcards from the Minnesota History Center that I’ll get to soon, but these are from my own … Continue reading
We’ve already seen a colorful 1963 menu celebrating the 80th anniversary of the completion of Northern Pacific’s line from Lake Superior to Puget Sound. The very next year, NP issued this menu celebrating the centennial of the legislation that provided … Continue reading
The North Coast Limited still had its observation car when this guide was issued, although it is only mentioned in the guide as a place where beverages were served. This is far different from the heavyweight observation car described in … Continue reading
This cute little brochure opens up to reveal Santa and some of his reindeer riding in a dome car. The brochure is undated, but probably was issued in 1954, the year NP added domes to the North Coast Limited. Click … Continue reading
The Seattle World’s Fair greatly boosted the passenger traffic on Northwest railroads, and Northern Pacific celebrated with this colorful menu. Although this particular menu is dated July, 1962, the cover image was an artist’s impression made before the fair began. … Continue reading
This simple beverage menu was used in a North Coast Limited lounge car, meaning either the Traveller’s Rest car or the “lounge in the sky” vista-dome sleeper that replaced the observation car after that car was removed from the train … Continue reading
