The Chicago & North Western served Mount Rushmore with trains from Chicago to Rapid City, South Dakota. The trains terminated at Mount Rushmore, so people would have to make a special trip as opposed to stopping off on their way … Continue reading
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Everyone loves to wave at trains as they go by, perhaps to remind ourselves of our mutual humanity while wishing that we ourselves were on the train going somewhere. Of course, some of the people on this train might wish … Continue reading
A few days ago we had some menus from the 1950 Sam Campbell Western Wonderlands tour. This menu is from the 1949 tour, which was the second such tour offered. Click image to download a 1.0-MB PDF of this menu. … Continue reading
If we can believe the printer’s code of 2-25-46, this is one of the last black-and-white menus before UP introduced its color photo menu series. We’ve seen this cover before, but the back cover is different and lends a little … Continue reading
Union Pacific’s 1943 calendar mostly consisted of photos showing how the railroad was contributing to the war effort. At least some of those photos, including this one, made it onto UP menus in a wartime patriotic series. Click image to … Continue reading
The text on the back cover implies that the group of Red Cross volunteers shown in the photo was “formed” by the railroad, though in fact it only says that UP formed “many similar organizations throughout the nation.” No matter … Continue reading
Carrots, says the back of this menu, “are of particular importance to the air force” because they help “prevent night blindness.” In fact, that was a myth spread by the British air force to explain why it was able to … Continue reading
The color photograph on this menu cover also appeared on a 1927 Art Nouveau series menu, though the hand-coloring has been toned down a bit for this menu, making the sky appear less blue and the lawns around the temple … Continue reading
A Streamliner Memories reader contributed scans of this 1935 breakfast menu. It has the same hand-colored front-cover photo as this 1930 menu in the Art Nouveau style. The text on the back is almost identical to the text on the … Continue reading
Like the Duchess of Idaho menu shown here a few days ago, this is a menu we’ve seen before but one that wasn’t actually in my collection. Now that I’ve acquired one, there are only two UP photo menus I … Continue reading