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Image:Pullman patent drawings.jpg|{{Pullman patent drawings.jpg/credit}}<br />In 1869 Pullman-Standard filed patents covering two different dining car designs. The "hotel-car" (top) combined sleeping and eating accommodations in the same car, while the "improved dining-car" (bottom) provided meal service only.
Image:Pullman patent drawings.jpg|{{Pullman patent drawings.jpg/credit}}<br />In 1869 Pullman-Standard filed patents covering two different dining car designs. The "hotel-car" (top) combined sleeping and eating accommodations in the same car, while the "improved dining-car" (bottom) provided meal service only.
Image:Luxury on wheels.jpg|{{Luxury on wheels.jpg/credit}}<br />An 1880s print advertisement extols the virtues of meal service aboard the [[Chicago and Alton Railroad]].
Image:Pullman dining car poster.jpg|{{Pullman dining car poster.jpg/credit}}<br />An 1894 print advertisement for Pullman dining car service on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad.  
Image:Pullman dining car poster.jpg|{{Pullman dining car poster.jpg/credit}}<br />An 1894 print advertisement for Pullman dining car service on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad.  
Image:Super Chief breakfast menu.jpg|{{Super Chief breakfast menu.jpg/credit}}<br />A breakfast menu from the first eastbound run of Santa Fe's ''Super Chief'' on May 15, 1936 is exemplary of the type and quality of the offerings available.
Image:Spisevogn restaurant carriage.jpg|{{Spisevogn restaurant carriage.jpg/credit}}<br />A restaurant carriage (dining car) operated by Norway's ''Norsk Spisevognselskap A/S'' in 1926. Meals, though relatively expensive, were available to all classes of travelers.  
Image:Service Galley Santa Fe 1474 Cochiti.jpg|{{Service Galley Santa Fe 1474 Cochiti.jpg/credit}}<br />The cramped, yet efficient galley aboard the former [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] dining car #1474, the "Cochiti." The car (now restored to its mid-1940s condition) made its debut as a part of the road's ''Super Chief-2'' inaugural consist.
Image:Service Galley Santa Fe 1474 Cochiti.jpg|{{Service Galley Santa Fe 1474 Cochiti.jpg/credit}}<br />The cramped, yet efficient galley aboard the former [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] dining car #1474, the "Cochiti." The car (now restored to its mid-1940s condition) made its debut as a part of the road's ''Super Chief-2'' inaugural consist.
Image:Interior Galley Santa Fe 1474 Cochiti.jpg|{{Interior Galley Santa Fe 1474 Cochiti.jpg/credit}}<br />The pantry aboard former Santa Fe dining car #1474, the "Cochiti." Over a million meals were served in the 36-seat car, which remained in service through the late 1960s.
Image:Interior Galley Santa Fe 1474 Cochiti.jpg|{{Interior Galley Santa Fe 1474 Cochiti.jpg/credit}}<br />The pantry aboard former Santa Fe dining car #1474, the "Cochiti." Over a million meals were served in the 36-seat car, which remained in service through the late 1960s.
Image:Super Chief breakfast menu.jpg|{{Super Chief breakfast menu.jpg/credit}}<br />A breakfast menu from the first eastbound run of Santa Fe's ''Super Chief'' on May 15, 1936 is exemplary of the type and quality of the offerings available.
Image:DRGW dining car galley.jpg|{{DRGW dining car galley.jpg/credit}}<br />An interior view of a [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]] dining car kitchen shows a man in a chef uniform stirring a double boiler, surrounded by stainless steel pots, counters, cabinets, sinks, and faucets. The car itself was built in May, 1927 by the [[American Car and Foundry Company]].
Image:DRGW dining car galley.jpg|{{DRGW dining car galley.jpg/credit}}<br />An interior view of a [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]] dining car kitchen shows a man in a chef uniform stirring a double boiler, surrounded by stainless steel pots, counters, cabinets, sinks, and faucets. The car itself was built in May, 1927 by the [[American Car and Foundry Company]].
Image:ACL dining car St Petersburg.jpg|{{ACL dining car St Petersburg.jpg/credit}}<br />Built for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) in 1920, the heavyweight dining car "St. Petersburg" is pictured at the Manhattan Transfer station in January, 1937.
Image:ACL dining car St Petersburg diagram.jpg|{{ACL dining car St Petersburg diagram.jpg/credit}}<br />Details of the kitchen, dining room, and lounge of a streamlined (lightweight) version of the ACL diner car "St. Petersburg" are provided in these builder's drawings.
Image:20th Century Limited .jpg|{{20th Century Limited .jpg/credit}}<br />Built by the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company for the [[New York Central System|New York Central's]] ''[[20th Century Limited]]'', this car was divided into four distinctive dining sections (seating 64 persons at tables) and featured a lounging ante-room and steward's office. Industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss was commissioned in 1938 to design the streamlined train sets in the [[Art Deco]] style.
Image:20th Century Limited .jpg|{{20th Century Limited .jpg/credit}}<br />Built by the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company for the [[New York Central System|New York Central's]] ''[[20th Century Limited]]'', this car was divided into four distinctive dining sections (seating 64 persons at tables) and featured a lounging ante-room and steward's office. Industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss was commissioned in 1938 to design the streamlined train sets in the [[Art Deco]] style.
Image:Plaza Santa Fe.jpg|{{Plaza Santa Fe.jpg/credit}}<br />"Plaza Santa Fe," built by Pullman-Standard in 1950 as Pleasure Dome-Turquoise Dining Room (a favorite of film stars and other notables) bar/lounge #503 for the Santa Fe's premier ''Super Chief'' streamliner.  
Image:Pullman Ad.jpg|{{Pullman Ad.jpg/credit}}<br />A 1947 print advertisement for the "new Pullman-Standard diners" extols the virtues of the company's revolutionary car layout wherein tables are placed on a bias.
Image:Plaza Santa Fe.jpg|{{Plaza Santa Fe.jpg/credit}}<br />The "Plaza Santa Fe," built by Pullman-Standard in 1950 as Pleasure Dome-Turquoise Dining Room (a favorite of film stars and other notables) bar/lounge #503 for the Santa Fe's premier ''Super Chief'' streamliner.  
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