The war was still raging when this menu was used on February 20, 1945. The menu helpfully tells us that it was used on dining car 3690, which (according to Utah Rails was a heavyweight diner built by Pullman in … Continue reading
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This cute menu is undated. Judging from the lettering style, I’d guess 1930s, but it could be from the 1950s. Its 8″x10″ size Ask your human services supplier any inquiries you may have about how to utilize buy viagra in … Continue reading
This menu doesn’t say whether it is for lunch or dinner, but it probably served for both. In 1956, the morning Internationals left Seattle and Vancouver at about 8 am, arriving at the the opposite terminus around noon. Then they … Continue reading
Like the 1966 dinner menu previously shown here, this menu features a black-and-white photo by Ron Nixon on the cover. Nixon earned his living as a telegrapher for the Northern Pacific, but also took thousands of photos, many of which … Continue reading
Today is the second anniversary of the first post to Streamliner Memories. Over the past two years, I’ve posted nearly a thousand PDFs of rail memorabilia. Almost 24 percent of them have been from the Union Pacific Railway, partly because … Continue reading
This menu was printed for dinner on June 7, 1953, on a special train moving potatoes from California to the East. Apparently, Santa Fe attached passenger cars to the end of the train to give farmers a chance to see … Continue reading
In 1983, Amtrak President Graham Claytor called the president of the Rio Grande and offered to take over passenger service, replacing the tri-weekly Rio Grande Zephyr with Amtrak’s daily Chicago-Oakland San Francisco Zephyr (which Amtrak renamed the California Zephyr once … Continue reading
Although the menu cover is rather plain, in Rio Grande Gold (meaning orange), at least this Rio Grande Zephyr 1979 dinner menu is still a folder. Instead, the menu offered four table d’hôte entrées: Rocky Mountain trout (the favorite), London … Continue reading
After the Southern Crescent was taken over by Amtrak in 1978, the last private long-distance train in America was the Rio Grande Zephyr. This was a remnant of the California Zephyr, using cars from the Rio Grande’s share of the … Continue reading
Although this lunch menu is five years newer than yesterday’s dinner menu, it has an identical cover (except for the word “Luncheon” rather than “Dinner”). Despite five years of inflation, the menu still offered a print of the 1401 pulling … Continue reading