We’ve previously seen a booklet for the Chateau Frontenac, to which Canadian Pacific always added the phrase “in old Quebec.” The back of this menu notes that the hotel “dominates the skyline of Quebec,” which is still true. Click image … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Menu
“Known, since its discovery in 1857, as Castle Mountain, this magnificent landmark has been re-named “Mount Eisenhower” as Canada’s enduring tribute to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Not so enduring after all, as Canada changed the name back … Continue reading
This 1946 lunch menu featuring the Banff Springs Hotel was used for pool train service between Toronto and Montreal or Ottawa. The cover photo shows two models who are woodenly staring at something that is not the hotel. Apparently, the … Continue reading
The decline in passenger business due to the Depression led Canadian Pacific and Canadian National — with the approval of the Canadian parliament — to begin pooling train service between Toronto and Montreal as well as Toronto and Ottawa in … Continue reading
This menu is undated, but the cover photo shows a heavyweight passenger train powered by steam, which means it is from before 1955, when the Canadian was introduced. That’s not much help by itself. Click image to download a 1.3-MB … Continue reading
Although this menu, like yesterday’s, is from 1938, it is dated 12-38, so must have been used on a different trip than yesterday’s, which was from July. This menu is marked for the Dominion and offers a full range of … Continue reading
We’ve seen this cover painting before on a 1943 menu. This one was used on the same American Express Banner Tour of the West as yesterday’s, and is dated July 8, three days after yesterday’s. Since the Dominion required four … Continue reading
When Canadian Pacific opened Toronto’s Royal York Hotel in 1929, it was the largest hotel in the British Empire with 1,048 rooms. This dining car menu, which was used on a 1938 American Express “Banner Tour of the West,” says … Continue reading
The Broadway Limited‘s dining car may have been well managed, but the rest of the railroad was not. Part of the problem was the NYC and PRR cultures were completely different. Part of the problem was the decline of the … Continue reading
On February 1, 1968, the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads merged into the Penn Central. Neither of the predecessor railroads had been profitable, but they hoped the merged railroad could be made profitable by eliminating duplicate services. Today, many … Continue reading