Nostalgia & History > Midweek Menu - Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh

It is really amazing that there is a decent amount of information available about the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh. The line was acquired in 1932 with its identity quickly erased. I was first made aware of the BR&P when I found a collection of their employee magazines which features stories and recipes from their dining car department. The simplicity of their dining car china makes it a great display piece.

Photo 1: BR&P diner circa 1915
Photo 2: Menu from about the same time period
Photo 3: Small clip-on to the menu for "National Apple Week", late 1920s. Many railroads that operated in New York offered variations on Apple Betty with vanilla sauce. I had my first from a restaurant in Ithaca, NY that got their recipe from the Lehigh Valley. Always a great way to use up stale bread!

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Photos 1 and 2: Menu from a 1924 Rotary Convention train. The top portion of the menu could be detached and mailed as a postcard!
Photo 3: The final china pattern used by the BR&P. After the B&O took over this china was given to the YMCA for use in their dining rooms - perhaps why a decent amount of it survives to this day.

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Another one of those menus from an obscure operation! Wow. Please, keep them coming! Amazing the food selection that they had!

Lee Hower - Sacramento