The Rail Store/Menus

Railroad, Steamship and Oceanliner Menus

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Alaska Steamship Company Dinner menu and Envelope
Colorful menu inside and out for SS Baranof, Joseph Ramsauer Commander. Cover Features reproduction of fishing painting and Alaska Line logo. Back Cover has 4 B/W photos of the Alaska Line passenger steamers--Aleutian, Baranof, Alaska and Denali. MJ Clayton, Chief Steward. 6" by 9", 1950, excellent (no creases) large mailing envelope. $22

Alaska Steamship Company Sled dog menus
Set of menus from 1950s done by Josephine Crumbine, an Alaskan artist who specialized in paintings of animals. Dog menus available are:Blizzard, Cheechako, Jack, Mageik, Rye, Smokey, and Wolf. (Sample back of menu.)$8 each.

Amtrak 20th Century Week aboard Lake Shore Limited
Complete menu includes all meals, wine and beverage list. Attractive Silver and Black deco cover reminiscent of another era of train travel, back cover promotes Broadway show of same name. 8.5" by 12.5" excellent (minor staining on cover). $20

ATSF Santa Fe Dining Car Service Fred Harvey menus
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner menus available. Convention menus specially printed for the American Legion Drum Corps Post 80, Binghamton, NY, enroute to 28th National Convention, San Francisco, 1946. One-sided 5" by 7" menu is printed on off-white card stock. ATSF logo upper left corner, 1946, excellent (no creases). $9 each.

ATSF Santa Fe Grand Canyon National Park dinner menu
Cover features well-known Grand Canyon painting by W. R. Leigh. This painting was reproduced on thousands of postcards for many years. 9.5" by 7 opens to 9.5" by 13.5", dated 4/11/51, Fred Harvey Service, Santa Fe dining car-the Grand Canyon, excellent. $22

ATSF Santa Fe Monument Valley dinner menu
Cover features Monument Valley painting by Charles Waldo Love from the Santa Fe collection of famous paintings of the Southwest. Beginning in the early 1900s, the ATSF commissioned artists to produce paintings of the Southwest. Many of these paintings were reproduced on advertising materials such as posters, menus, brochures and calendars. 9.5" by 7 opens to 9.5" by 13.5", dated 4/11/51, Fred Harvey Service, Santa Fe dining car-the Grand Canyon, excellent. $22

ATSF Taos Pueblo dinner menu
Cover features Taos Pueblo painting by Frederic Mizen. 9.5" by 7 opens to 9.5" by 13.5", dated 4/11/51, Fred Harvey Service, Santa Fe dining car-the Grand Canyon, excellent (slight discoloration on right side border). $28

CP Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Wartime Menu
Colorful front cover features totem pole on left side and leisure deck of passenger ship on right side. Back cover has ship route--Seattle, Vancouver, and Skagway; and color profile of Princess-series ship. Inside opposite menu page, are descriptions, drawings and rating of the Princess ships (ten in class). Menu printed in blue ink on white card stock 6" by 8. 75" tipped-in insert with wartime rationing message. Undated, mint. $18

Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railway Luncheon Menu
Cover features Steam Engine No. 2 of the C. & C.V. Ry. Walter Rich, General Manager. S.B. Evans Superintendent of Dining Service. Rear Cover has area ads, including Catskill Airways, Service from Cooperstown of Oneonta to New York City. 8.5" by 11", B/W, heavy card stock, excellent, undated (probably late 1960s). $18

Homestead, Hot Springs, VA, Victorian Dinner Menu
Ornate logo on this 1896 menu reads "The Homestead, Fred Sterry, manager. Hot Springs, Va." This one-sided menu is printed on heavy white card stock with blue ink. Elaborate and complex dinner offerings includes fresh milk and vegetables from resort's "farm". 4.75" by 7.25", dated Sunday July 12, 1896, good (some minor staining, half inch tear at top of menu). $12

LV Lehigh Valley Railroad Menu
This one-sided 5.25" by 8" menu is printed on off-white card stock with green ink. LV black diamond logo appears on lower part of menu. Main courses featured are Prime Ribs of NY beef au jus, and Roast Young Chicken. Undated (probably 1950s), excellent (no creases). $10

LV Lehigh Valley a la carte menu
Cover features New York's Pennsylvania Station, "the Lehigh Valley's NY passenger terminal". Description of subway, bus and elevated railway connections from Penn Station. A la carte menu offerings are extensive. P.A. Ellerman, Superintendent of Dining Car Service. 4.25" by 10.25", July 10, 1928, very good (slight discoloration to inside of menu). LV black diamond logo on cover. $25

Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railway Luncheon Menu
Cover features Steam Engine No. 2 of the C. & C.V. Ry. Walter Rich, General Manager. S.B. Evans Superintendent of Dining Service. Rear Cover has area ads, including Catskill Airways, Service from Cooperstown of Oneonta to New York City. 8.5" by 11", B/W, heavy card stock, excellent, undated (probably late 1960s). $18

CB&Q Burlington Zephyr children's menu.
Three-color card stock menu minus the food offerings. This is a blank which the dining car department would print the daily menu on. 6" by 9" unfolded, card stock, undated, near mint.
$12.

Canadian Pacific Banff Springs Hotel Dinner Menu - July 4, 1941.
Attractive menu with color illustration of Banff Springs Hotel and Indian in full head dress on front cover. Table d'Hote dinners are $2 and Ala Carte suggestions. Chef"s Special features "Alberta Buffalo Steak, Royal" served with a Chestnut Puree. The menu is printed on heavy white stock in blue ink. List of C.P hotels on back cover with C.P. "Worlds Greatest Travel System" logo. 8" by 10.75", excellent. $18

Canadian Pacific Chateau Frontenac Breakfast Menu.
Flamboyant menu with color illustration of the Comte de Frontenac and small line drawing of Chateau on front cover. Table d'Hote and Ala Carte suggestions. English and French. Elaborate breakfast menu consists of dozens of selections. The menu is printed on heavy white card stock in black ink. List of C.P hotels on back cover with C.P. "Worlds Greatest Travel System" logo. Measures 9" by 12", undated, excellent. $20

D&RGW Rio Grande Beverage menu.
One-color printing on card stock with coated cover. four-page menu. From March 1974. 4.5" by 7", mint.
$6 Each.

PRR Pennsylvania Railroad menu.
Three-color card stock menu minus the food offerings. This is a menu cover which the dining car department would print the daily menu on. 7" by 10" white glossy card stock, undated, excellent.
$8.