There’s no date on this blank menu, but I suspect it is from the late 1960s when rail ridership and service was rapidly declining. The menu itself is made of glossy paper laminated onto regular paper. The back of the … Continue reading
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In 1981, the Alaska Railroad’s train from Anchorage to Fairbanks used former Union Pacific streamlined coaches, domes, and dining cars. The cars were painted yellow–which may even have been Union Pacific Armour Yellow–and blue and the interiors still had large … Continue reading
Featuring Lake Louise on the cover, this menu, like the previous two, was used on a Great Lakes steamship, in this case the same Assiniboia as in day-before-yesterday’s menu. While yesterday’s menu was for dinner, this and the previous Assiniboia … Continue reading
The cover of this menu shows the Countess of Dufferin, the first locomotive in Manitoba (and, therefore, all of western Canada). The back of the menu carefully says the locomotive is “labelled C.P.R. No. 1.” In fact, as the Canadian … Continue reading
Nicholas Morant’s photo of the Canadian on Stoney Creek Bridge adorns this menu that was used on board the SS Assiniboia, one of Canadian Pacific’s Great Lakes steamers that ferried passengers, cars, and some cargo between Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) … Continue reading
This menu wasn’t actually used by the Canadian Pacific, but “was furnished by ‘Canadian Pacific,’ the world’s greatest transportation system,” to the Royal City Stamp Club for use at the 1961 banquet of the Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs. The … Continue reading
This menu has the familiar painting of the Canadian on Morant’s curve by Chesley Bonestell on the cover. But instead of the dignified (but inappropriate Old English font) “The Canadian” on the cover, as in the 1958 menu, this one … Continue reading
Yesterday’s booklet about the Palliser Hotel mentioned the Penthouse Lounge (now open only to gold-level guest and the Range Room (which has since been remodeled as the Oak Room). But in 1950, the hotel had a a much more modest … Continue reading
At 8×11 inches, this menu from the Chateau Lake Louise is much larger than yesterday’s dining-car-sized menu, but inside most of the extra size ends up being white space. One side of the menu offers five table d’hôte entrées, while … Continue reading
Like the Banff Springs Hotel dinner menus, this one features eight table d’hôte entrées, but unlike the Banff menus, only five of the eight are hot meals. Where the Banff menu had fourteen a la carte entrées (18 with cold … Continue reading