Dining Car Teacher's Kit - Railroad Transportation (date unknown) (from the kit I inherited from my Great-Grandpa Glenn Hazelrigg) |
Episode 27 was all about wartime rationing aboard dining cars in WWII. We uncovered some really interesting details! Enjoy these supplemental images along with some great railroad-themed propaganda from the National Archives. You can find the recipe for Military Chocolate Ice Cream at the end of this post!
National Archives - citation below |
National Archives - citation below |
National Archives - citation below |
National Archives - citation below |
National Archives - citation below |
National Archives - citation below |
Southern Pacific wartime pamphlet |
Dining car kitchen with three cooks hard at work. From my great-grandpa's teacher's educational kit |
Dining Car Kitchen From my great-grandpa's City of Los Angeles booklet |
National Archives - citation below |
B&O Dining Car wartime menu |
The Cookbook Feature was: Military Meals at Home Cook Book: 250 Recipes adapted for Home use from Recipes used by the Armed Forces edited by Ruth Berolzeimer and published by the Culinary Arts Institute, 1943.
RESOURCES
Websites:
Dinner in the Diner During the Golden Age of Rail Travel
Excerpts from the Passenger Train (1940)
"Southern Pacific's first African-American dining car steward: Metro Disposal Inc. honors Mr. Charles Johnson.." The Free Library. 2013 IMDiversity, Inc. 12 Jul. 2022 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Southern+Pacific%27s+first+African-American+dining+car+steward%3a+Metro...-a0329607748
Uniformed dining car waiters on the Empire Builder, February 1947
Riding and Working on the Railroad
Pullman Museum Searchable Catalog
A History of Railroad Dining Cars (video) from the North Carolina Transportation Museum
Dining Cars Come Back, 1945 (British Pathé film - it’s got some great footage of their kitchen!)
Preparing Dinner in the Dining Car
Troop Kitchen Cars - Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Alabama
C&EI Troop Kitchen Car - Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum - Indiana
Books:
Dining by Rail: The History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine
by James D. Porterfield
Dining on the B&O : recipes and sidelights from a bygone age by Thomas J. Greco
Food on the Rails: The Golden Era of Railroad Dining by Jeri Quinzio
Military Meals at Home Cook Book. Edited by Ruth Berolzeimer. Published by the Culinary Arts Institute, 1943.
City of Los Angeles booklet published courtesy of the Women's Travel Department, Union Pacific, date unknown. (approx. 1930s)
Teacher's Kit: Railroad Transportation, from the Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference Committee on Public Relations, date unknown. (approx. early 1940s)
Images:
Uniformed dining car waiters on the Empire Builder, February 1947
Pinterest Board: Railroad Dining Car Waiters - there are some interesting images there, however, as is the nature of Pinterest, it’s hard to trace back where the images were grabbed from. It’s a good start for some research though!
We Have No Time to Lose - National Archives at College Park, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
On the Job
"Life-lines to victory! Keep'em rolling - The railroad are the backbone of offense"
Railroads Are Ready
United for Victory
Stop Pleasure Travel
Right Behind Him
Don’t Waste Transportation
War Traffic Must Come First