To watch what I was referencing: a link can be found here https://www.railpassengers.org/happenin ... 8-20-2021/ - watch the second video shown with the long distance VP.
Volks, reports abound at other sites that #330XX Sightseer Lounge cars are no longer assigned to 21-22 Texas Eagle. All F&B service is now sold/provided from a #370XX Cross Country Diner-Lounge.
Apparently, Amtrak holds that the COVID pandemic has sufficiently abated so that excess capacity, including Coach seats, can be relaxed.
Really, the Diner-Lounge was much the "standard" back during the '60's when I did my riding. Any "secondary E-W train, such as NP Mainstreeter, ERIE Lake Cities, various trains through the Appalachians, et magna alia were assigned only such. The premier Coach & Pullman trains such as the Century, North Coast, Builder, Zephyr, City of xx, all had, in addition to of course a full service Diner, "econodiners" which were simply Diner-Lounges. However, some roads had unique motifs for their cars, such as Travelers Rest, GN Bar Ranch, Cable Car, and Chuck Wagon.
But it's time for experiential riders - and admittedly I was one of such; albeit before many around here were born - to accept Amtrak does not choose to provide a product to meet your wishes. Just like an airline, from which much of Amtrak's Senior Management has "spread its wings", they are in the passenger transportation business with the objective of moving you safely and efficiently between A and B.