Please note that our Texas Eagle Trains and also the City of New Orleans Trains are both using the Light Menu selections in their Dining Cars. We are enclosing what is being currently offered under this program and may change without advance notice:
Breakfast - Trains 21, 59, 421 Western Omelet, Pork Sausage, Breakfast Potatoes .... 10.00 Southwestern Quiche With Corned Beef Hash ........... 10.00 French Toast, Syrup, Ham Steak ...................... 10.00 Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran Crunch Or Corn Flakes; Cut Fruit, Croissant, Yogurt (Strawberry Or Blueberry) .. 6.75
Included: Coffee, Tea Or Milk, And Juice (Orange, Apple Or Cranberry).
. Included: Coffee, Tea Or Milk; Green Salad; Roll, Butter.
These trains serve preplated meals in the dining car. Although the meals are prepared off the train, they are Served on china. Beverages are in china cups or in Glasses, and regular stainless steel flatware is used. Cloth napkins are provided, and there are tablecloths.
We hope this information is of assistance for you.
Sincerely, William Amtrak Customer Service
Posted by train lady (Member # 3920) on :
It seems to me that Amtrak doesn't need this administration to "shoot them in the foot". They are doing it all by themselves. Downgrading the meals, getting rid of sightseer lounges,etc certainly will make people think twice in many instances. The constant lateness which seems to have escalated doesn't help either.
Posted by sojourner (Member # 3134) on :
I don't know how bad these menus will be till I taste them, but it does look like some of the prices have gone up yet again (and for food that is presumably not as good).
But Train Lady, I have a question: why do you separate Amtrak decisionmakers and the Administration? I don't know who exactly is making the decisions about pricing, lounges, food, etc., at Amtrak, but even if it is non-political-appointees, aren't those decisions still being made to conform to "costsaving" and related dictates made by the political appointees on the Amtrak Board and Mineta et al at Transportation--i.e., this Administration?
Also, when the Administration-appointed Amtrak board fired David Gunn, wasn't it because they wanted to implement changes they knew he wouldn't go along with?
Posted by train lady (Member # 3920) on :
Soujourner, you are right. The answer to your question is I really don't know. I guess I still think of the situation as "them and us". It's difficult not to get into a political discussion which is inappropriate for this forum.
Posted by chrisg (Member # 2488) on :
Look in What's New on the front page of Trainweb about what you can do to save the full dining car service!