The Union Pacific Railroad (UP) is the largest rail transportation company in the US. Established in 1862, it has grown both by construction and by acquisition; its system now includes such railroads as the Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Missouri Pacific, Rio Grande, Chicago & North Western, and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas. Its system stretches from Chicago and New Orleans in the east to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle in the west. For auction is a UP luncheon menu from its "coffee shop"; it is dated 1970.. Items were available for fixed-price and a la carte service. The front shows a rendering of the laying of the "golden spike" connecting the nation with rail service.
