City of Portland Café Dinner Menu

The City of Portland was the first transcontinental streamliner that the Union Pacific put into daily service, starting on February 15, 1947. This means it was in daily service when this menu was issued in April, 1947.

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Like yesterday’s menu, this one was used on the train’s coffee shop car. Unlike yesterday’s menu, which has four full meals as well as an a la carte section, this one is only a la carte. It is pretty sparse even for an a la carte menu, offering just five entrées: three sandwiches (one of which is peanut butter and jelly), chicken salad, and smoked beef tongue. For the limited selection on this menu, the prices are the same as in the full diners of 1947, so the coffee shop car didn’t really have much to offer.


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