The 1947 Oriental Limited consisted of hand-me-down equipment from the pre-streamlined Empire Builder. The train’s dining cars also received hand-me-down menus, in this case a menu with the same cover as one used on the Empire Builder in 1940.
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Futura) on a blue background. This is unusual as most other Oriental Limited menus had a white sidebar.
One difference is the left sidebar with the train name: on the 1940 menu, “Empire Builder” is in blue and red in a font designed by Winold Reiss on a white background. In this menu (scans for which were provided by a Streamliner Memories reader), “Oriental Limited” is in grey in an off-the-shelf font (looks likeThis particular menu was used on a “special train” for the National Association of Postmasters heading home from a convention in Los Angeles. The unpriced menu offers a breakfast of fruit or cereal; ham, bacon or sausage with two eggs or a jelly omelet; bread or pancakes; and beverage.