The Burlington Northern merger was still a month away when this menu was printed, but the Cascade green border around the edge of the menu was probably in anticipation of that merger. The merger was supposed to have taken place … Continue reading
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This is just a card rather than a folder, which means it was probably for a secondary train such as the Blackhawk rather than one of the zephyrs. The Blackhawk served as the overnight Chicago-St. Paul connection with the Western … Continue reading
The Nebraska state capitol is unusual in that, instead of having a traditional large dome, it has a tower with a small dome on top. The Louisiana state capitol was modeled after Nebraska’s, but without a dome on top. Other … Continue reading
The Burlington liked this image so well it used it on postcards, the Twin Zephyrs along-the-way booklet, and many other places. The back cover includes several paragraphs on Mississippi River scenery illustrated by a couple of muddy pictures of what … Continue reading
Here’s a menu cover with a beautiful photo of two riders in front of what is probably Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Unfortunately, the menu is blank, but I’ve seen other menus with this cover dated 1946, so … Continue reading
In November, 1934, Burlington put the first Diesel-powered streamliner to work between Kansas City and Lincoln. With the addition of several more zephyrs in 1935, the railroad renamed the original the Pioneer Zephyr in November, 1936. So this menu card … Continue reading
The cover of this menu shows a barely recognizable North Coast Limited somewhere in Montana, probably near Homestake or Bozeman Pass. A close-up view makes it apparent that an artist has slightly enhanced the domes to make them stand out … Continue reading
The Union Pacific would celebrate the centennial of its Last Spike ceremony in 1969. Perhaps in an effort to preempt this, Northern Pacific put a picture of its own Last Spike train on the cover of its menus in 1963, … Continue reading
The Seattle World’s Fair greatly boosted the passenger traffic on Northwest railroads, and Northern Pacific celebrated with this colorful menu. Although this particular menu is dated July, 1962, the cover image was an artist’s impression made before the fair began. … Continue reading
This beautiful menu is very large–11.7″x14″ when folded–and features a painting of the four-domed North Coast Limited commissioned by the Budd Company when it built the domes for the NP. Although it doesn’t look exactly the same as the Gustav … Continue reading