Dining cars on the 1929 Empire Builder were named after states and Canadian provinces served by the Great Northern, and this dinner menu was used on the dining car Oregon. The menu from my collection is undated, but someone had … Continue reading
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In anticipation of the 7.9-mile Cascade Tunnel, which opened in 1929, Great Northern electrified 73 miles of its line between Wenatchee and Skykomish. These two menus depict early electric locomotives, one pulling the Oriental Limited and one pulling an unseen … Continue reading
The Prince of Wales Hotel opened in 1927, and I believe Great Northern stopped using the Art Nouveau-style menus after 1929. So, although these menus are undated, they would have been issued during that window of time. Click image to … Continue reading
Portland was known for its roses at least as early as 1888, when the Portland Rose Society was formed, and the slogan “For you a rose in Portland grows” dates back to at least 1916, when it was used on … Continue reading
Today’s first menu features a P2 mountain-type locomotive, the pride of the Great Northern in 1926, pulling the Oriental Limited by Mount Index in the Washington Cascades. While the 44-hour Chicago-Seattle streamlined Empire Builder would later pass this scene in … Continue reading
These two 1926 menus feature beautiful paintings from the old Northwest. The first menu doesn’t say so, but the painting is by Swiss-French artist Karl Bodmer, based on sketches he made during a 1833 expedition to the American West and … Continue reading
This sixteen-page menu presents 22 different meals served on board the train during the Columbia River Historical Expedition. Meals not shown were served off the train. One page shows a condensed, round-trip itinerary from Chicago to Seaside, Oregon, and back. … Continue reading
The person on this 1926 menu cover was Minnesota’s most famous football star at the time. Herb Joesting grew up in Owatonna, Minnesota, where his high school football performance earned him the nickname “Owatonna Thunderbolt.” He then became a star … Continue reading
This 1925 breakfast menu has an image of caribou, also known as reindeer, on the cover. There isn’t any reason given for it; the back cover has an article about the improvement in freight train productivity, and none of the … Continue reading
The state of Washington produces the vast majority of apples grown in the United States, and most are grown in the Yakima or Wenatchee valleys (or valleys tributary to Wenatchee such as the Okanogan Valley). Northern Pacific and Union Pacific … Continue reading