Though starting in 1956 Union Pacific combined the Challenger with the City of Los Angeles during the off-peak season, it still operated them as a separate trains in the summers. This menu is dated July, 1959, so it would have … Continue reading
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This menu features a brilliant, hand-colored photo of the Grand Canyon on the front cover, and a black-and-white photo of the “new Union Pacific Grand Canyon Lodge” on the back. New was right: the lodge was barely completed in time … Continue reading
This Los Angeles Limited menu resembles other LA Limited menus from that time period. But it is unusual for a Union Pacific menu from any time period in that it identifies the photographer who took the cover photo–and the photograph … Continue reading
The cover of this menu says San Francisco Overland Limited. Inside, however, instead of a menu there is a program for the “Nebraska Division Safety Rally and Party, in recognition and appreciation of outstanding efforts in safety, which won the … Continue reading
This menu, dated September 8, 1949, offers four luncheon meals: chef’s salad ($1.45, about $12 today), halibut ($1.65), boiled brisket of corned beef ($1.65), and a club sandwich ($1.85), all of which (except for the chef’s salad) come with juice, … Continue reading
This menu, with its vivid cover photo of San Francisco’s Chinatown, is dated August 26, 1949. The breakfast menu’s seven complete meals include broiled fish, lamb chops, ham or bacon and eggs, eggs alone, ham, bacon, or sausage and one … Continue reading
The cover of this attractive but spare menu has the same look, but with a Portland theme, as the 1942 Los Angeles Limited menu. Inside is a very different story. Dated June, 1942, the LA Limited has an extensive a … Continue reading
This menu is undated, and because it was for a group that evidently paid a fare that included meals, the meals are unpriced. An ebay dealer dates the menu to “c. 1915,” probably based on the clothing styles worn by … Continue reading
Here are five different menu covers from Southern Pacific trains. We’ve seen menus like these from the late 1930s through the early 1950s. Click image to download a 3.1-MB PDF showing five menu covers. The above photo shows the Hotel … Continue reading
A dealer posted a low-resolution image of this menu on ebay; ordinarily, I wouldn’t include it here but the story is too good not to tell. The menu cover says “Oregon State College Football Team Returning from Rose Bowl Game … Continue reading