Railroad Dining Car Kitchen

Many persons have wondered how it is possible for the railroad to prepare excellent meals for a trainload of passengers in a dining car kitchen smaller even than the kitchen of the average home.

Railroad dining car kitchen. This wwii vintage dining and kitchen car was manufactured by pullman in 1946 and at the time was state of the art. The interior is in excellent shape and includes a coffee bar kitchen and dining area. These clips were taken in the dining car over 2 weekends in september 2013 aboard the nebraska zephyr located at the illinois railway museum in union illi. Acquired by via rail in.

The information enclosed has been accumulated from various private and public collections. The cochiti dining car has been preserved and is on display at the famous california state railroad museum located in old town sacramento california when you explore the interior of this dining car you can view the kitchen area and all the tables have been set with china and silverware. Budd car company and amf. Should you have any official dining car department cookbooks or recipes that you would like to add please contact us at your convenience.

Feb 10 2015 1940s train dining car workers kitchen b o railroad n194. Railroad dining car archives. Number of units in fleet. The first car with a kitchen came in the 1860s and was followed by the first actual dining car in 1867.

In this primary phase of development it will focus on the dining car and passenger departments of the chicago north western railway the union pacific railroad and to a lesser degree the southern pacific railroad. Focus on overland route dining car passenger trains prior to 1956 and c nw dining cars passenger trains. It is distinct from other railroad food service cars that do not duplicate the full service restaurant experience such as buffet cars cars in which one purchases food from a walk up counter to be consumed. Relive the past and buy this 85 car as a guest house starter restaurant or put it back on the tracks.

Portfield heads to sugarcreek next week for stop at the age of steam roundhouse museum a 34 acre facility housing 22 steam locomotives a depot and other elements of a working railroad. The secret is that the dining car kitchen has been designed with great care so as to get the maximum use out of every foot of space.