The Great Northern needed five complete train sets to protect the streamlined Empire Builder‘s 44-hour schedule between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. The observation cars on the 1947 Empire Builder were named Mississippi River (car number 1190), Missouri River (1191), … Continue reading
Category Archives: Western Star
The fifth Charles Russell menu in the series has a painting on the cover called Indian Women Moving. Russell painted at least two other paintings titled “Indian Women Moving Camp”; though this one lacks the word “Camp,” it obviously depicts … Continue reading
The Western Star’s coffee shop only had 20 seats, which didn’t allow for many customers over the course of a day. But the menu offered almost as many items as the a la carte side of the dining car menu, … Continue reading
Today’s Western Star menu features Buffalo Hunt on the cover, the same painting that was on the cover of the Empire Builder menu I previously posted. Although this dinner menu dates from 1953, it is different from the 1953 dinner … Continue reading
Today’s Western Star menu features Charles Russell’s painting, “Intercepted Wagon Train,” on the cover. It is a lunch menu that seems to be identical, on the inside, to yesterday’s Desperate Stand lunch menu. Apparently, one year did not see much … Continue reading
Along with the observation cars with Charles Russell paintings, the Western Star apparently inherited the Empire Builder’s Charles Russell menus. There were originally five observation cars in the series, with one more added for the Western Star, so there must … Continue reading