As is the case of other menus in this series (such as the ones shown in the last two days), the cover photo is printed separately and pasted onto the menu. The Rio Grande speed letters on the front cover are also an update from the previous menu design. The newest menu I have of the old design is dated 1941 while the oldest of the new design is dated 1946, so Rio Grande probably made the change after the war.
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This particular menu was printed for a trip by the American Nurserymen’s Association from Colorado Springs to San Francisco on July 14, 1949. The association apparently had a convention in The City on July 17-21. The unpriced dinner menu offers a choice of mountain trout, baked stuffed duckling, or prime rib, with an appetizer, fruit or soup, potato, corn on the cob, salad, rolls, dessert, and beverage.
Note that this trip took place just three months after the inaugural run of the California Zephyr, which went through Denver. Nurserymen from Colorado Springs who didn’t want to make the trip up to Denver had to be satisfied with riding an older heavyweight train rather than the gleaming new vista-dome streamliner.