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U.S., Union Pacific History: A Future U.S. President Enjoyed the City of Los Angeles Dome Diner; a Special Holiday Season Menu

December 22, 2020 Administrator

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; December 22, 2020 Ronald Wilson Reagan, Chicago Cubs radio announcer in Iowa,…

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Posted in: Intercity Passenger Train, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Operators Filed under: Amtrak, Amtrak Board of Directors, City of Los Angeles, Dining Car, Dome Dining Car, Golden State, Holiday Menu, Holiday Travel, Intercity, menus, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Pullman Porters, Rail Passenger, Rock Island Railroad, Ronald Reagan, Santa Fe, Sleeping Cars, Southern Pacific, Super Chief, Transportation, Travel, Union Pacific, UP

U.S.: A Dining Car Primer; History

December 10, 2020 Administrator

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; December 10, 2020 Looking into various North American railroad dining car operations…

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Posted in: Night Trains/Sleeper Trains, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Operators, Passenger Trains Filed under: A Dining Car Primer, City of Los Angeles, Dining Car, Dome Diner, History, Intercity, Lounge Cars, menus, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Pullman Company, Pullman Porters, Rail Passenger, Santa Fe, Super Chief, Transportation, Travel, Turquoise Room, Union Pacific, UP

Demeaned, overworked and all called George: How Black train porters transformed Canada

February 3, 2019 Administrator

By Jennifer Yang, Identity and Inequality Reporter, The Toronto Star; February 1, 2019 During the golden age of North American…

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Posted in: Passenger Trains Filed under: All Black Porters Called George, Author of the New Book, Black Canadians, Canada, Cecil Foster, George, Intercity, Not Allowed to be Conductors, Passenger Trains, Pullman Company, Pullman Porters, Sleeping Cars, They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada, Transportation, Travel

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