This menu is dated 1963 and by this time NP has slightly simplified the border design around its menu cards, allowing printing to be done with one fewer color. The prices are higher than on yesterday’s 1959 menu but the range of items is about the same.
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While I previously suggested these menu cards were probably used in the Mainstreeter Holiday Lounge car, there was one other option. NP had a dining car on its Portland-Seattle trains that would have offered lunch on the Seattle-to-Portland trip and dinner on the Portland-to-Seattle trip. It seems unlikely that it would dedicate an entire dining car to such minimal meals, but it’s possible.
NP 408 handled the through Seattle-Oakland sleeping cars that were switched into the Cascade at Portland. I think it’s fair to say that the dining car on the NP portion of the trip was there to ensure first class service was available for the entire length of the trip. NP was considered a generally passenger-friendly road, more so than SP circa 1963.