The bottom of this menu has an illustration of a train that doesn’t have any dome cars, so the menu was likely used on the Mainstreeter or another secondary train, not the North Coast Limited. As an 8-1/2″x11″ card, not a folder, this menu isn’t as elegant as the folders that were used on the North Coast Limited, but it has an equally wide selection of foods.
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For $2.25 (about $20 in today’s money), a passenger could get a complete meal with fresh fish, roast leg of lamb, or hamburger steak with soup or juice, salad, potatoes and vegetables, dessert, and beverage. A slightly smaller meal centered around fresh fish or beef stew was $1.90 (about $17 in today’s money), or $1.40 (about $12.50 today) would buy a peach and cottage cheese salad complete with bread, pie, and beverage.
The a la carte menu featured a dozen entrées including such items as fried oysters, Welsh rarebit, and an “N.P. Special Vegetable Dinner” for vegetarians. There was also oyster stew and four other soups, nine salads, ten sandwiches, and at least seven different desserts. This was far more variety than would be found on the North Coast Limited and other premiere trains in just a few years.