I can't recall a TRAINS issue taking Amtrak to task as this July issue.
Starting with Fred Frailey's column (the food; "Contemporary and Fresh" notwithstanding) to a Bob Johnston article on the V-II debacle, there does not appear an encouraging word within.
Of course, DPM was less than happy during later '67 when he know it was "game over"; when the SP downgraded the Sunset so that it was Coach and Automat only and the ICC imposed service standards, DPM was "understanding". On this, I can report that the SP lived up to their word. In exchange for reducing Daily to Tri-weekly, they restored Sleeping and full-service Dining. They even participated in an NY-LA Sleeper line.
Based on a December '70 trip NO-El Paso I made, they held about an hour for a late L&N connection, made a stop at Carrollton Ave for those "connects", and had pretty well whittled down the deficit by San Antonio.
Starting with Fred Frailey's column (the food; "Contemporary and Fresh" notwithstanding) to a Bob Johnston article on the V-II debacle, there does not appear an encouraging word within.
Of course, DPM was less than happy during later '67 when he know it was "game over"; when the SP downgraded the Sunset so that it was Coach and Automat only and the ICC imposed service standards, DPM was "understanding". On this, I can report that the SP lived up to their word. In exchange for reducing Daily to Tri-weekly, they restored Sleeping and full-service Dining. They even participated in an NY-LA Sleeper line.
Based on a December '70 trip NO-El Paso I made, they held about an hour for a late L&N connection, made a stop at Carrollton Ave for those "connects", and had pretty well whittled down the deficit by San Antonio.