City of San Francisco Streamliner - Chicago to Oakland 1938

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City of San Francisco Streamliner - Chicago to Oakland 1938The City of San Francisco was a streamlined through passenger train which ran from 1936 to 1971 on the Overland Route between Chicago, Illinois and Oakland, California, with a ferry connection on to San Francisco. It was owned and operated jointly by the Chicago and North Western Railway (193655), Chicago, Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad (1955 71), the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Southern Pacific Railroad. It provided premium extra fare

This 1930s restaurant in Tacoma

Food doesn’t seem to have been the priority here – among the dishes that were served was ham and eggs

a businessman who was not just a great restaurateur but a genius at marketing

This menu cover of a waitress with her hands full of delicious

We don't know who Johnny and his companion were but we know from the hand-written message and the items circled on the interior of this menu what they ate and drank (two hamburgers

The restaurant expanded by taking over adjoining four story buildings and was soon hosting opera stars from the nearby Grand Opera House on Eighth Avenue

A large resort

and dishes include Windsor soup

It opened in May 1954 and closed on March 30

But don’t be too sorry for the passengers – their journeys were completed in luxurious surroundings

"Tiny" Naylor (the nickname Tiny came from him being six foot four and weighing 325 pounds) started Biff's (his son's name) in 1948

black bear

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