with authentic Cromwell pattern teaspoon, place fork, and place knife is available from the Erie-Lackawanna Dining Car Preserva- tion Society at
www.eldcps.org/store/. [ ] Two Great Northern patterns, Glory of
the West, with “shadowtone” scenes of Gla- cier National Park and used between 1947 and 1957; and Mountains and Flowers, also celebrating Glacier, but with flowers of the region too, used from the 1950s through 1971; in five-piece place settings; from the Izaak Walton Inn, 406/888-5700 or at
www.izaakwaltoninn.com. [ ] Mimbreño china, unique designs based on Mimbreño Indian art from 1200 A.D. and used on the Santa Fe Railway’s deluxe Super Chief, is available in one four-piece or two five-piece place settings from the California State Railroad Museum Store, 800/417-7245 or 916/324-4390 (on the web at www.
csrmf.org). [ ] Michael Léson’s “American Rails and
Highways” series includes contemporary in- terpretations of traditional railroad china in five-piece place settings with Chessie, the Milwaukee Road’s Hiawatha, Pennsy GG1 red or green, New York Central, Union Pacif- ic, Santa Fe, and the new Burlington Route Zephyr-inspired theme, Rails and Highways,
from American 800/821-3541 or
www.americanrails.com. [ ] New York Central’s Twentieth Century
Limited china, a five-piece place setting, in- cludes a linen napkin with the NYC oval lo- go, a replica of Dreyfus’ 1938 Century brick- red menu, and a water glass with Century logo, from Private Car Limited. Contact Brad Joseph at 618/233-8140 or by email:
ocjoseph@htctech.net. Some of these historic patterns are also
available in an assortment of individual pieces and “completer sets.” Contact sources for further information. More Books: Specialty titles of interest to those with an eye to collecting: [ ] Appetite for America: How Vision-
ary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civi- lized the Wild West is Stephen Fried’s ac- count of the career of Fred Harvey, who built the famous network of Harvey Houses and Hotels, and who managed the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe dining car operation. Available at booksellers everywhere. Also visit The Fred Harvey Cookbook at http://
fredharveycookbook.tumblr.com/ to find a new archival Harvey recipe posted ever day, and One Nation Under Fred (
www.stephen fried .com/blog/?p=3) where Fried notes his progress pursuing all things Fred Harvey. [ ] California Poppy China Pattern:
An Introduction, by Rich Luckin, a soft bound 22-page book on the Santa Fe Railway’s dis- tinctive California Poppy china from the Cali- forniaState Railroad Museum Store, 800/417- 7245 or 916/324-4390, or at
www.csrmf.org. [ ] Dining and Beverage Service Cars of the Santa Fe — Featuring Service by Fred Harvey, a lavishly illustrated history of one railroad’s food service equipment by John B. Hall and published by the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society. [ ] Dining on Rails: An Encyclopedia of Railroad China, Richard Luckin’s much- sought-after and exhaustive description of hundreds of railroad china patterns and pieces, in 488 pages (72 in color), 1300-plus photographs. [ ] Home to Harlem, Claude McKay’s controversial classic novel depicting the
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