Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This week, we’ll be taking a look at a diesel locomotive placed in service in the early 1960s, Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 3011. Intended to pull freight trains “through the Rockies, not around...
For this month’s posting, we are welcoming summer with several cool salad recipes for those upcoming hot summer nights. Every railroad dining service seems to have a big salad of some kind. Whether it was a Chef’s Salad, a Big Salad Bowl, Help or Serve Yourself Salad...
Figure 1 Southern Pacific’s Roundhouse in San Francisco, circa 1909. Figure 2 Southern Pacific Freight Yards, San Francisco, circa 1909. “If it doesn’t splatter on your shirt, you’re not doing it right.” Like other railroad dining services, Southern Pacific featured...
Nothing like a hearty Old Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie on a relaxing Sunday! Check out this recipe from the Southern Pacific! Let us know how it tastes! Follow us on Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter.