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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: To the best of my knowledge this never happened pre Amtrak. The railroads considered a certain level of loss on dining cars as part of the amenities needed to attract passengers. [/QUOTE]Not quite. One of the major purposes of the dining car department was to market for the freight traffic department. A good meal was considered an important draw in the days of ICC regulated tariffs. The railroad which had the best ride, the best food, and got you there on time was the railroad which got the shippers business. Thus, some of the loss from food service could be charged off to publicity. Obviously, as the late days of passenger service approached, and especially after 1967 when mail came off passenger service, this was no longer valid. Amtrak, not having a freight traffic department to market, has to Charge losses in the food service department somewhere. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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