Buffet Cars

[Deggesty]

From the Commissary Instructions, Revised November 1939:

SARDINE SANDWICH (Plain or Toasted) Cut two slices standard white bread, 3/8 inch thick. Butter one side of each slice thinly with fresh butter. Cover one side with a fresh, crisp lettuce leaf, on which place contents of an individual can of sardines can of Sardines, split lengthwise, tails toward center and dark side up, as illustrated [sorry, I cannot reproduce the illustration]. Trim bread of crust and arrange slices side by side on cold, oval, medium, china or silver platter, On one side of sandwich place a lettuce leaf with 1/6 piece of lemon; on opposite side, a lettuce leaf with Gherkin, as illustrated. When serving, place doily under sandwich. Serve with a cold tea plate, glass of water, knife, fork, and napkin.

[Pullman608]

I used to spend many nights on the road between Chicago and Memphis on one of my favorite trains,The Louisianne (IC #3). The set-out Pullman went north on The Panama and south on the Louisianne.I liked it  'cause they had sections available southbound. They also opeated a one-man buffet-lounge with a small menu of sanwiches, snacks, pies, and drinks. As I look over my old menu from the car, there is only one item I did NOT get: a sardine sandwich! Other wise, it was a nice warm, comfortable, six-wheeled trucked car--a nice place to spend an hour while the Pullman porter made up lower 2.