By Graham Rapier, Business Insider; October 9, 2019
ABOARD AMTRAK’S LAKE SHORE LIMITED — The fact that airline veterans now make up a bulk of Amtrak’s c-suite is on display perhaps nowhere more than in the agency’s new, “contemporary” dining car offerings.
Beginning in October, many overnight trains east of the Mississippi River bid adieu to the traditional white tablecloths and custom-cooked meals that hearkened to an earlier age of rail travel. They were replaced by what is essentially airline food: microwaved, individual-sized meals, heated from frozen storage.
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