Pennsylvania’s 1967 dinner menu, at least, was a folder rather than a card. But it doesn’t offer many more items than the a la carte menu shown here a couple of days ago: six table d’hôte entrées, three sandwiches, a … Continue reading
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This children’s menu, suitable for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, is printed on the same card stock as its 1967 breakfast and a la carte menus. Although the menu is undated, it is almost certainly also from 1967. It offers only … Continue reading
This menu is called “a la carte,” but the emphasis on sandwiches suggests it was probably used as a lunch menu. Despite the name, half of the dozen different entrées offered are actually full meals with potatoes and vegetables, and … Continue reading
By 1967, Pennsylvania apparently used cards, rather than folders, for many of its menus. This menu manages to cram six full breakfasts and several a la carte entrées, plus a number of other items, onto one side of the card. … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania Railroad liked to call itself “the standard railroad of the world.” But — like the Union Pacific, which called itself “the standard railroad of the West” — it was late to the Diesel game. Prior to World War … Continue reading
This menu is undated, but someone had handwritten “June 12 1959” on it (which I photoshopped out). The front, as shown, shows an E or F locomotive with an engineer and two children. The back has a stainless steel observation … Continue reading
We’ve already seen a 1956 version of this 1954 menu, which I photographed at the Minnesota History Center. The cover shows the International Peace Arch that was built in 1921 on the border between the United States and Canada a … Continue reading
Just as the Charles Russell menus were handed down from the streamlined Empire Builder to the Western Star, Great Northern’s color photo menus were handed down from the heavyweight Empire Builder to the revived Oriental Limited when the previous train … Continue reading
The coffee shop car was something new on Great Northern’s 1947 Empire Builder. Great Northern’s heavyweight Empire Builder and Oriental Limited had a lounge car open only to Pullman passengers and a diner that was mainly patronized by sleeping car … Continue reading
This beverage menu, which I photographed at the Minnesota History Center, was printed for the streamlined Empire Builder in 1949. The Pullman logo at the bottom of the front cover indicates that Great Northern had contracted out lounge-car service to … Continue reading