This brochure is undated, but like the last few brochures shown from the Bill Hough collection it is probably from 1941. The best clue is the fact that Pennsylvania’s S1 locomotive, number 6100, is prominently featured both on the cover … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania’s 1967 dinner menu, at least, was a folder rather than a card. But it doesn’t offer many more items than the a la carte menu shown here a couple of days ago: six table d’hôte entrées, three sandwiches, a … Continue reading
This children’s menu, suitable for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, is printed on the same card stock as its 1967 breakfast and a la carte menus. Although the menu is undated, it is almost certainly also from 1967. It offers only … Continue reading
This menu is called “a la carte,” but the emphasis on sandwiches suggests it was probably used as a lunch menu. Despite the name, half of the dozen different entrées offered are actually full meals with potatoes and vegetables, and … Continue reading
By 1967, Pennsylvania apparently used cards, rather than folders, for many of its menus. This menu manages to cram six full breakfasts and several a la carte entrées, plus a number of other items, onto one side of the card. … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania Railroad liked to call itself “the standard railroad of the world.” But — like the Union Pacific, which called itself “the standard railroad of the West” — it was late to the Diesel game. Prior to World War … Continue reading
In 1926, the Pennsylvania Railroad carried the most traffic and earned the most profits of any railroad in the United States and, probably, the world. It was also headquartered in Philadelphia, so naturally it had an exhibit at the nation’s … Continue reading
The next major event on the road to Amtrak took place in 1967 when attorney Anthony Haswell formed the National Association of Railroad Passengers. Born in Dayton, Ohio and educated at the University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan, Haswell … Continue reading
Jointly issued by nine different railroads in 1948, this brochure unfolds into the equivalent of a 12-page 8″-by-9″ booklet. About a quarter of the brochure describes the “East’s luxurious modern trains,” while most of the rest features potential destinations. The … Continue reading
Where the New York Central offered five combinations of coast-to-coast sleeping cars, the Pennsylvania had just four. First and most prestigious was the Broadway Limited–Super Chief, an extra-fare duo that left New York at 6 pm and arrived in Los … Continue reading