This menu from the collection of a former railway executive has a code, “B-42.” The B stands for breakfast but the number does not stand for 1942; the collector of this menu, who is generously sharing it with Streamliner Memories, … Continue reading
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At first glance, this menu is bigger and fancier than yesterday’s 1955 menu. The cover is a folder that is blank on the inside; the menu itself is a four-page insert held into the folder with a gold tassel (which … Continue reading
Judging from the “C-NO-NO-C” code on the bottom of page 3, this menu was used on one of L&N’s two Cincinnati-New Orleans trains, the Humming Bird or Pan-American. The former left Cincinnati in the afternoon and New Orleans in the … Continue reading
I’ve previously mentioned how some eastern railroads would sell advertising space in their dining car menus. Pennsylvania’s 1962 General menu didn’t have any ads, but this 1964 Broadway Limited menu has several subtle ads on the back. Click image to … Continue reading
This 1952 menu was for “dinner on the General,” says the interior. Full dinners included lobster Newborn, Maryland fried chicken, Hawaiian baked smoked ham, and the classic charcoal-broiled sirloin steak, any of which came with appetizers, salad, vegetables, biscuits or … Continue reading
The cover of this menu, which was provided by the same Streamliner Memories reader who supplied the 1965 New York Central timetable, features one of the railroad’s five streamlined steam locomotives. A small black diamond on the lower right discreetly … Continue reading
This 1936 menu exhorts passengers to “Go West” via the Baltimore & Ohio. I’m not sure what waterfall is pictured on the cover, but it may be in Glacier National Park. The back cover pictures scenes from Glacier, Yellowstone, and … Continue reading
This menu is about the same size and uses the same paper as the previous three, so is probably from the same late-1960s era. Unlike the breakfast and dinner blanks, this one is a four-page folder and not just a … Continue reading
This 1968 menu offers a respectable range of dinners from six different sandwich baskets to four “grill specials” including veal cutlets and a “grill sirloin butt steak dinner.” The steak dinner includes juice, French fries, a dinner roll, and beverage … Continue reading
This blank menu is clearly contemporaneous with yesterday’s, which if my guess is correct means it is from the late 1960s. The backs of the two menus are identical. Click image to download a 0.4-MB PDF of this menu blank. … Continue reading