The next major event on the road to Amtrak took place in 1967 when attorney Anthony Haswell formed the National Association of Railroad Passengers. Born in Dayton, Ohio and educated at the University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan, Haswell … Continue reading
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This menu is a huge upgrade from those used in 1989. Not only is the appearance far better, but the choice of foods is far greater and includes both table d’hôte and a la carte items. This menu includes meals … Continue reading
In the final day of our journey through VIA’s 1989 dinner menus, we have a choice of chicken and pork ribs in barbeque sauce or rainbow trout. These came with cream of mushroom soup, but like the first menu they … Continue reading
On the third day of our journey through VIA’s 1989 dining car on the Canadian, the menu offers a choice of roast beef or fillet of sole. These come with vegetable soup, oven-browned potatoes, oriental vegetables, and cheese cake with … Continue reading
I’m not sure if VIA had more than one breakfast and one lunch menu in 1989, but since I only collected one each, perhaps not. However, it did have multiple dinner menus, which would have been offered to travelers on … Continue reading
If the breakfast and lunch menus, with four choices of meals, were limited, VIA’s dinner menus were even more limited, with just two meal choices and no a la carte. This menu offers a choice of Swiss steak or fried … Continue reading
VIA’s lunch menus didn’t offer much more selection than the breakfast menu. The entrées were omelet, cheeseburger, and shrimp salad. There was also a fruit salad but it was much less expensive so it was probably small. Some of the … Continue reading
VIA menus in the late 1980s weren’t much better than Amtrak’s, and possibly worse. Only four selections are available on this breakfast menu, and there is no a la carte section. Click image to download a 533-KB PDF of this … Continue reading
Decorated with the original Empire Builder font, this menu is designed to warm the hearts of Great Northern rail fans. The front cover painting by Craig Thorpe illustrates the Great Northern heavyweight and dome-laden streamlined Empire Builders plus Amtrak’s own … Continue reading
A railcar shortage allowed Amtrak to dramatically increase bedroom fares in the 1980s. To mitigate this increase, as well as the downgrading of dining car menus, Amtrak began giving sleeping-car passengers free meals. This 1989 lunch menu was used by … Continue reading