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The meal offerings in this menu are the most elaborate of any of the dinner menus we have seen from the Milwaukee Road. The only ones that have been comparable are a 1965 lunch menu and another lunch menu from … Continue reading
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This is the menu for the lounge that replaced the Tip Tap Grill in 1952. However, it offered only beverages, not sandwiches or other café-type foods. “Your dining car is to the rear of the Super Dome Car,” says a … Continue reading
In 1960, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first Hiawatha speedliner, the Milwaukee Road bravely offered meals for the same price they had charged for them in 1935. That means a table d’hôte meal of whitefish, lamb chop, or … Continue reading
In addition to the diner, the 1947 Olympian Hiawatha came with a cafe car called the Tip Top Grill (named after a restaurant in Chicago’s Pullman building). It was replaced in 1952 by a cafe-lounge beneath the train’s Super Domes. … Continue reading
Most of the table d’hôte meals on this menu cost twice as much as they did on yesterday’s Hiawatha menu. Fish, ham, or turkey are $2 each, while a sirloin steak was $3. Yet on the a la carte side … Continue reading
The Milwaukee Road had some beautiful covers reminiscent of Native American designs for its Hiawatha menus. This menu offers full means with unspecified fish, old fashioned smothered steak, roast chicken, or cold meats with soup, bread, potatoes, vegetable, rolls, dessert, … Continue reading
Issued in the midst of the Second World War, this timetable predictably has a number of patriotic statements and ads. But it also has lots of interesting information about Milwaukee Road trains. Click image to download a 42.2-MB PDF of … Continue reading
Here are two linen-era postcards distributed by the Milwaukee Road. The first shows a heavily (and not very accurately) colorized image of Yellowstone Falls and Canyon. Did people really dress like that when they visited national parks in 1940? Park … Continue reading
Like the menus shown in the previous two days, this one lists Wm. Dolphin as Superintendent of Dining Cars. Unlike the previous menus, this one has a detailed description of the cover photo on the back. This suggests a new … Continue reading
Milwaukee Road menu covers of the 1930s seemed to feature scenes of obscure places that few passengers would see in real life. Instead of showing the Pacific Ocean, yesterday’s menu showed a couple of fishing boats. Instead of showing Mount … Continue reading