Railway Dining | National Railway Museum Podcast episode 5

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From multi course dinners to limp sandwiches and greasy burgers, how did dining on the railways get to where it is today? That's what Oli wants to know, so this week he is interviewing PHD student Chloe Shields all about the history of dining on the rails- from platform refreshment rooms to restaurant cars to the infamous BR cheese sandwich- this episode is not for the faint hearted or weak-stomached!

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