sf wrote:


> I rode on overnight train trips several times as a kid in the
> '50s/early 60's. I certainly remember how small those kitchens were,
> but the dining car wasn't huge either... I think 48 people is about
> right.

I only did it once, and it was into the 70s when
they'd already been cutting back. But I recall
that they had *fabulous* apple pie a la mode. The
ice cream was a big square slab, I recall?
And the waiters made you write down your order.
You couldn't just tell them, for some reason?
Goomba