Nostalgia & History > Railroad Stewardess'

Attached are some 1950's Northern Pacific ads featuring their stewardess'/nurses who were assigned to the North Coast Limited.

What other railroads had stewardess' or nurses on their passenger trains?

More ads here - Over 1,900
http://waidephoto.smugmug.com/Trains/Vintage-Railroad/14655704_7KfJz#1109965713_H8tRs

JMW

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Interesting movie camera the man in #2 has.
Also see all of these are brunettes.
Thanks for sharing.
Todd Montgomery (master of the obvious)
Eugene OR

On the Seaboard Air Line "Silver" trains they had a nurse and a passenger service rep.

Uncle Joe-Seffner,Fl.

Let's not forget the Zephyrettes on the California Zephyr!

Back in the early 70's on the Empire Builder, a National Park employee would get on at East Glacier, Montana and ride the Dome car to West Glacier, Montana. They would discuss the history of the area, names of peaks, etc.

notarb Wrote:
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> Back in the early 70's on the Empire Builder, a
> National Park employee would get on at East
> Glacier, Montana and ride the Dome car to West
> Glacier, Montana. They would discuss the history
> of the area, names of peaks, etc.

The question was not about the frequent use of NPS employees and volunteers throughout Amtrak.

In answer to the question, the San Francisco Chief had one, the only SF train to do so.

In Malcolm Gladwell's book, "The Turning Point" he outlines the advent of home hair coloring and how it changed our culture. Does she or doesn't she? That may be the reason for the women with brunette hair

Another change in our culture is word meaning. I don't think I'd like to ride the "Happy Train".

The B&O has stewardess-nurses for a time on the Capitol Limited.

I recall when they were let go: I was living in Chicago at the time (it was about 1960), and I'll never forget the name of the young lady who was interviewed by one of the papers after her last run: Bonnie Lee Dziedzyk.

Art House
Gettysburg, Pa.

Ptolemy Wrote:
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> notarb Wrote:
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> > Back in the early 70's on the Empire Builder, a
> > National Park employee would get on at East
> > Glacier, Montana and ride the Dome car to West
> > Glacier, Montana. They would discuss the
> history
> > of the area, names of peaks, etc.
>
> The question was not about the frequent use of NPS
> employees and volunteers throughout Amtrak.
>
> In answer to the question, the San Francisco Chief
> had one, the only SF train to do so.

Well it's good to see you're on the job. The real Ptolemy would have been proud.

aehouse Wrote:
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> The B&O has stewardess-nurses for a time on the
> Capitol Limited.
>
> I recall when they were let go: I was living in
> Chicago at the time (it was about 1960), and I'll
> never forget the name of the young lady who was
> interviewed by one of the papers after her last
> run: Bonnie Lee Dziedzyk.
>
> Art House
> Gettysburg, Pa.

The Columbian had them as well and watched over me as a 10-13 year old traveling alone back in 1950-53 between DC and Chicago.

Mexrail

Didn't the UP have them on the Challenger for at least some period of time?

Courier Nurses on the AT&SF...

coosbaytoday Wrote:
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> Interesting movie camera the man in #2 has.
> Also see all of these are brunettes.
> Thanks for sharing.
> Todd Montgomery (master of the obvious)
> Eugene OR

It's a 16mm Bolex. I actually shot a bit of action on the Trona in 1967 with a borrowed one, but the film/processing bill could kill you. Great camera though. Now we have cell phone movies. That's progress!

And the new Canon and Nikon DSLRs, plus even lesser models, can record 1080p HD video.

One of the railway history publications (Classic Trains?) had an article on railway stewardesses, or as they were called on the Santa Fe, "Courier-Nurses" and covered most, if not all passenger services that employed them.

I suppose a blond would have been just too much?

What is (was) 'Slumbercoach Service'?
...Lorenzo