This brochure is dated 1986, but was distributed in the same sealed plastic wrapper as an Empire Builder route map, quite possibly the same one shown here a few days ago even though that one was dated 1984. This brochure … Continue reading
After a few years of bad food on plastic dinnerware, Amtrak announced that it would offer real china on the Coast Starlight and perhaps one or two other trains. Again, I forget exactly when this happened, but it was sometime … Continue reading
Some time in the early 1980s–I think it was about the time Amtrak inaugurated the Portland section of the Empire Builder–Amtrak cut back on its dining car service. Many of the hot meals, even such things as French toast, were … Continue reading
For Amtrak’s first ten years, the Empire Builder went to Seattle but did not have a Portland section. That was rectified by the time this 1984 brochure was published. Like the Willamette Valley, I rode on the first run of … Continue reading
For $75 in 1983 (about $185 in today’s money), two people could stay at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel, enjoy the hotel’s “world famous farm breakfast” (no longer available), and have a rental car for a day in scenic Hood … Continue reading
In April, 1983, the Rio Grande Railroad stopped running its three-day-a-week Rio Grande Zephyr and allowed Amtrak to run its Chicago-Oakland train over Rio Grande rails between Denver and Ogden. With that change, Amtrak renamed its San Francisco Zephyr to … Continue reading
This menu suggests that, in 1981, Amtrak was no longer using laminated menus. However, the range of meals available in the dinners had improved since the 1980 menu shown here a few days ago. While that one just had a … Continue reading
In 1982, Amtrak still offered a rail pass, but the price had gone up from $165 for 14 days and $275 for 30 days in 1976 to $350 for 14 days and $440 for 30 in 1982. Moreover, this See … Continue reading
The shape of this hat is similar, but not quite identical, to the Northern Pacific children’s hats shown here previously. There’s no date on the Amtrak hat, so I’m The order generic tadalafil cipla is made of Sildenafil citrate. Common … Continue reading
This brochure describes four-, seven-, nine-, and fourteen-day tours to Alaska. The tours use a combination of jet, ferry, and bus travel plus one goes on the White Pass & Yukon and another on the Alaska Railroad. None of the … Continue reading
