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scratchyX1 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:22 pm Wow, Coffee that functions, as coffee, on a train.Granted, I would of expected a blend similar to the PRR, NY Central, or the New Haven... but Starbucks using non-Starbucks equipment works. I was pleasantly surprised that it didn't taste burnt.
it IS the future.
bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:27 pmFrom the article:electricron wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:14 am Name the train where increasing food service hours actually increased profits? I ask because I can not find this experiment anywhere, so I need your help. Repeating an undocumented fact a hundred, thousand, million, or a billion times does not make it true.Relax electricron . . . here you go:
https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/in ... f-the-fun/
This was accompanied by an onboard promotion of “When You’re Hungry, You’re Hungry” and promotional materials were placed in every coach seatback and sleeping car accommodation.Does anyone have these materials, or seen them posted or for sale on one of the thousands of places on the web that railfan stuff like this is sold? If so can you post a link?
A complete new set of menus was created, all based on existing foods available through regular vendors.Same question - has anyone ever seen these menus? If so can you post a pic?
The bottom line was, there was no downside to the 24-hour dining car.It was so successful, does anyone know why they stopped doing it? Other than the usual ""They" are incompetent and/or want to sabotage dining cars and the LD trains!" conspiracy stuff please. If it was such a great success, there must have been a real reason.
One of the great hurrahs of Amtrak dining cars came in the late 1990s, when the transcontinental Sunset Limited diner featured 12 entrees on its dinner menu. Traditional white linen tablecloths draped the tables, along with china plates and stainless-steel cutlery. It was not unusual to have flowers on the table and lit candles at the dinner hour.Same questions as above - does anyone have one of these menus with 12 entrees?
bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:15 pm Amtrak's new menu rated:Too many low scores, especially if you’re paying premium for sleeper.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/t ... -cafe-car/
John_Perkowski wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 12:02 pmPrimarily for coach passengers I would guess but there must be some crossover. My wife actually loves the Angus Burger.
Too many low scores, especially if you’re paying premium for sleeper.