The Return of the American Rail Dining Car
EATER
OCTOBER 21, 2021
A New York Times article from 1886 reported that porters could work 37 hours straight, make $16 a month, and have to pay for their own uniforms ($18 a piece) and meals. A Crescent line menu from the 1980s offered wines from vineyards along the route. Butler, of the RPA, says that the inequality was just as bad inside the dining room.
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