>From: "Fred Stratton" <"erielack_@_bellsouth.net"> >I think the point the interested me the most was >that we had to fill out what we wanted from the menu on a card and if >memory serves me correctly, the menu stated we were not to give our order >directly to the waiter but to write it down. I could never understand how that started, but it was that way on the NYC, PRR, PC and on at least some Amt. >Another fascinating point I >recall was that when a meal was about to be served, a porter would walk >thru the coaches and play a few notes on what appeared to be a small >xylophone. Does anyone recall any of this? I'm surprised the EL still used xylophones as late as 1966. The NYC had stopped it who knows when, but at least it wasn't done on the trains I rode Buf-Chi in 1961-1963. Dale ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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