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You've seen New Haven Railroad historian Marc Frattasio's writing and archival material printed in the NHRHTA's 'Shoreliner' magazine over the past several years. Now available from TLC Publishing is New Haven Railroad - Dining on the Shore Line Route, the complete story of food service operations on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company.
The New Haven Railroad, in its day the largest railroad serving New England, was one of the most heavily passenger oriented railroads of the pre-Amtrak era. Famous for its fleet of crack passenger trains that operated over the Shore Line Route between Boston and New York City on an hourly basis, the New Haven was also well known for the high quality on-board food and refreshment service offered by its Dining Car Department.
This detailed yet entertaining study of the New Haven’s food service operations is actually two books in one. The first part presents the complete story of on-board food service on the New Haven Railroad. The second part presents over 200 actual recipes used on board the New Haven’s trains, transcribed from the New Haven Railroad Dining Car Department's standard recipe book. Note, very few examples of the New Haven's standard recipe book are known to have survived to the present day! Meals prepared in your home following these classic recipes will provide you with genuine railroad cuisine indistinguishable from the food served on the New Haven Railroad in the days when train travel was at its finest.
The 112 page softbound book lists for $24.95. It is illustrated with 170 photographs of New Haven passenger trains, food service cars, dining car department employees at work, china and silverware, menus, advertising, and much more. There’s something in this book for everyone who’s interested in the New Haven Railroad, passenger trains, railroadianna, or cooking.
Read all about:
The origins of railroad food service!
The early Shore Line diners!
The New Haven-Pullman connection!
The crack Merchants Limited and Yankee Clipper!
The beautiful Grill Car Girls!
The Colonial diners!
Parlor car refreshment service!
The alcoholics who kept the dining car department in
the black!
China, silverware, and menus!
What it took to run a food service car on the New
Haven!
Experiments and innovations!
Over 200 Authentic New Haven Railroad recipes!
And much, much
more!
Copies of New Haven Railroad - Dining on the Shore Line Route can be ordered from the New Haven Railroad Historical & Technical Association. Go to the NHRHTA's book page and scroll down the list until you see New Haven Railroad - Dining on the Shore Line Route for details.
Trains Magazine had this to say about New Haven Railroad - Dining on the Shore Line Route in May 2004, "In a sea of books about railroading, it takes a lot to stand out. This one does."
If you are a book distributor, store, hobby shop, museum, etc., and would like to stock New Haven Railroad - Dining on the Shore Line Route, write or call the publisher at:
Tom Dixon
TLC Publishing Inc.
1387 Winding Creek Lane
Lynchburg, VA. 24503-3776
434 385-1935