Olympian Luxury

Olympian Luxury (HMUP7)

Location: Syria, ID 22743 Shoshone County
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Country: United States of America
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N 47° 20.649', W 115° 37.826'

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Driving across the country today, fueling up at fast food outlets, it is hard to imagine that travel was once much more luxurious. The Milwaukee Road's Olympian and Columbian passenger trains carried elegant dining cars the entire distance from Chicago to Seattle.

The Milwaukee employed eminent chefs to supervise their dining car operations. Each train had a crew consisting of a steward, a chef, two or three cooks and three or four waiters.

The menu featured such delights as crabmeat au gratin, shrimp a la newburg and baked apple with cream, all served on the Milwaukee's distinctive china.

"I must mention Rene Chaveaux, a wonderful man - one of a kind. He was French, knew how to cook, knew how to serve and knew how to present food at a dining-car table. Chaveaux was a dining-car inspector, and he knew what he was inspecting." Ruth Trela, Milwaukee Road Employee
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HM NumberHMUP7
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Date Added Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 at 5:50pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 603450 N 5244318
Decimal Degrees47.34415000, -115.63043333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 20.649', W 115° 37.826'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 20' 38.94" N, 115° 37' 49.56" W
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Area Code(s)540
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 286-290 NF-300, Syria ID 22743, US
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