It’s always nice to have a menu that at least partly reflects local culture. This one offered a “Rebel Breakfast” consisting of a “crisp streak o’ lean bacon,” an egg, grits with gravy, bread, and a beverage. Since bacon was … Continue reading
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We’ve seen a variation of this menu cover before on an early 1971 menu. That one was printed entirely in black ink on blue paper, while this one, which is dated October 1968, is printed in blue and green ink … Continue reading
The Detroit-Cleveland Mercury was New York Central’s first streamlined train, though it was actually a heavyweight with shrouds over the steam locomotive and passenger cars to make them look streamlined. Originally introduced in 1936 and designed by Henry Dreyfuss, the … Continue reading
This menu cover was designed especially for breakfast and promises milk from cows, eggs from chickens, bacon from pigs, and maybe there’s a wheat or corn field somewhere to provide cereal. Of course, there’s a C&NW 400 train in the … Continue reading
The Chicago & North Western served Mount Rushmore with trains from Chicago to Rapid City, South Dakota. The trains terminated at Mount Rushmore, so people would have to make a special trip as opposed to stopping off on their way … Continue reading
Everyone loves to wave at trains as they go by, perhaps to remind ourselves of our mutual humanity while wishing that we ourselves were on the train going somewhere. Of course, some of the people on this train might wish … Continue reading
A few days ago we had some menus from the 1950 Sam Campbell Western Wonderlands tour. This menu is from the 1949 tour, which was the second such tour offered. Click image to download a 1.0-MB PDF of this menu. … Continue reading
If we can believe the printer’s code of 2-25-46, this is one of the last black-and-white menus before UP introduced its color photo menu series. We’ve seen this cover before, but the back cover is different and lends a little … Continue reading
Union Pacific’s 1943 calendar mostly consisted of photos showing how the railroad was contributing to the war effort. At least some of those photos, including this one, made it onto UP menus in a wartime patriotic series. Click image to … Continue reading
The text on the back cover implies that the group of Red Cross volunteers shown in the photo was “formed” by the railroad, though in fact it only says that UP formed “many similar organizations throughout the nation.” No matter … Continue reading