This menu cover is a lot more interesting than the ones shown here a couple of days ago. This menu specifically says it was for a cafe car, not a full diner, but like the dining car menus it consists of an a la carte menu with a table d’hôte insert. CN still used the “meals on wheels” slogan on the insert but not the menu itself.

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The entrées for the table d’hôte meals include halibut, omelet, chicken pot pie, prime rib, and cold meats. Price range from $2.60 for the halibut and omelet to $3 for the prime rib. A second insert offers a sirloin steak dinner for $4.25; multiply prices by 8 to get today’s U.S. dollars. Except the omelet, none of these entrées were on the a la carte menu, so people wanting to order something less than a full meal would have to be content with various egg dishes, fish, or a salad.

Like the menus shown a few days ago, this one is undated, but a handwritten note says that it was used on a train from Prince George to Jasper on September 1, 1953. Since I dated the earlier menus to around 1949, it is not surprising that prices on this menu are significantly higher.