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OHIO VALLEY Book 5
RAILROADS OF THE
Huntington, West Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio 1968-1990’s
Book Five
Deck overlooking the busy BNSF Chicago-Kansas City mainline, the Silver
out for bringing a platter
of
steaks to table and
Rails
Gallery and Memorial Li- brary, and Am- trak’s restored art deco La Plata de- pot, provide lots to occupy one’s time. Among the more unusual venues is the West Winery (www.westwinery .com or by tele- phone at 660/395- 7181) in nearby Macon, Mo. There one encounters three vari- eties of wine with names and labels more common to rail-connected microbreweries than to wineries. Marketed as the Loco Vino Collector Series (
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www.VinoShipper .com. Meanwhile, if you are in the area, the winery is open to the public for tastings and sipping from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Noon to 5:00 p.m. Sun- day. It was after such an event that bottles of these and several of the winery’s other labels found their way into the car to be shared with friends. Americana: During the golden age of
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allowing
the guest to make a selection from the tray. The UP’s steaks would eventual- ly come from Table
Supply COURTESY MICHAEL F. ALLEN / WEST WINERY
Meat Co., an Omaha compa- ny founded in 1917 by a father and son, J.J. and B.A. Simon, immigrants from
Latvia.
rail travel, when a majority of the rider- ship was male, and health concerns were not widespread, the most popular item on dining car menus was beef steak. Among the celebrated ways railroads found to serve this entrée, the Union Pacific stood
The company quickly gained a reputation among area grocers and restaurateurs for high-quality, grain-fed cuts of beef, so much so that in 1940 the Union Pacific de- cided to serve Table Supply Co. beef in its dining and private cars. The move intro- duced a much larger swath of America to the quality of Table Supply Co. cuts, with a resulting increased demand from hotels, inns and restaurants around the country. This, combined with changes then taking place in the beef breaking business, led B.A.’s son Lester to adopt a new marketing strategy: mail order. So it was that in 1952 the company began shipping beef to indi- vidual customers in wax-lined cartons filled with dry ice. Continued growth re- sulted in the company moving to new quar- ters in 1966. In the process, it changed its name to Omaha Steaks. That name origi- nated with the UP as the railroad had long promoted its famous “Omaha steaks” in advertising and on its menus. If you are not familiar with this iconic company, go to
www.omahasteaks .com. There find flavor- ful, fork-tender steaks to satisfy any occa- sion and appetite. And as you sit down to eat one for dinner, imagine yourself in a dome diner drifting somewhere across the UP right-of-way.
Rio Grande
A Last Look Back 1974-2010
By R. C. Farewell
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past 36 years of Rio Grande’s presence with 280 pages and more than 400 color photos. Visit fabled Tennessee Pass, the storied Moff at, and sites like the Utah desert and Ruby Canyon. More than a dozen charts and maps that will bring the Rio Grande to life.
A last look back at the Rio Grande, a railroad never to be forgotten.
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