Take a seat at our dining tables and join us for a unique culinary experience. Our skilled chefs and historic researchers have developed authentic menus of the finest railroad offerings of yesteryear, recreating recipes from original railroad cookbooks with exacting precision. Meals from classic railroads such as the Pennsylvania, Union Pacific, Baltimore & Ohio, and Santa Fe are cooked on board the train and served hot by our uniformed stewards.

SRE’s staff are experts in railroad dining, and we offer unparalleled historic food service aboard all of our excursions. Every trip features a unique menu developed from the highlights of railroad culinary history, with a focus on items that distinguished one railroad’s dining car from those of its competitors. The Pennsylvania Railroad’s cole slaw with dill pickle relish or the Southern Pacific’s milk-based pie dough offer unique, historic twists on modern standards that will surprise even those travelers with the most refined palates.

If you’re looking to build your own private charter trip around a specific railroad’s culinary experience, our staff can help you compile an authentic menu comprised entirely of original recipes. SRE maintains its own library of historic railroad cookbooks, including:

• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, mid-1950s (full cookbook, reproduction)

• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, late 1950s (full cookbook, reproduction)

• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1930s (full cookbook, reproduction)

• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1950s (popular recipes, original)

• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1950s (popular recipes, reproduction)

• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, 1947 (popular recipes, reproduction)

• Erie Lackawanna Railway, 1964-1970 (popular recipes, reproduction)

• Milwaukee Road, 1960 (full cookbook, reproduction)

• New Haven Railroad, 1940 (full cookbook with drinks, reproduction)

• Northern Pacific Railroad, 1930s (full cookbook with drinks, reproduction)

• Northern Pacific Railroad, 1937 (apple-based recipes, original)

• Oregon-Washington Railroad & Nav. Co., 1910s (apple-based recipes, original)

• Oregon-Washington Railroad & Nav. Co., 1915 (apple-based recipes, original)

• Pennsylvania Railroad, 1930s (full cookbook, original)

• Pennsylvania Railroad, 1947 (full cookbook, reproduction)

• Pullman Company, 1939 (full cookbook with drinks, reproduction)

• Santa Fe Railway (Fred Harvey), 1940s (full cookbook, reproduction)

• Santa Fe Railway, 1950s (popular recipes, original)

• Seaboard Air Line Railroad, 1958 (full cookbook, reproduction)

• Southern Railway, 1950s (full cookbook, reproduction)

• Southern Pacific Company, 1912 (full cookbook, original)

• Southern Pacific Company, 1940 (popular recipes, original)

• Southern Pacific Company, 1944 (full cookbook, original)

• Southern Pacific Company, 1947 (popular recipes, original)

• Southern Pacific Company, 1950s (popular recipes, reproduction)

• Union Pacific Railroad, 1955 (full cookbook, original)

We are constantly looking for new and exciting railroad cookbooks; if you have an original railroad cookbook that you are interested in selling or willing to loan to us to be copied, please contact us!

NOTE: While we specialize in historic recipes, SRE would also be happy to develop a unique contemporary menu for your privately chartered excursion. Please contact us to discuss your trip!