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U.S., Amtrak: Sabotage!? Why are Southwest Chief and other train consists designed for failure? Revisiting, a year later

August 9, 2022 Administrator

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform a year ago on September 7, 2021. Andrew Selden has updated…

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Posted in: Amtrak, Intercity Passenger Train, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Operators, Passenger Trains Filed under: Adirondack, Amtrak, Andrew Selden, Auto Train, California Zephyr, Coaches, Coast Starlight, Colorado, Crescent, Dining Car, Empire Builder, Evan Stair, Food Service, Freight Railroads, Glenwood Springs, Intercity, Kansas City Union Station, Lake Shore Limited, Milwaukee Road, Minot, Nevada, North Dakota, Pacific Parlour Car, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Rail Passenger, Rail Safety, Reno, Sabotage, Sightseer Lounge Car, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Sleeping Cars, Soo Line, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle, Transportation, Travel, Vending Machine Car

U.S.: Stephen Gardner’s Amtrak lounge cars are the dining car’s lesser but potentially desirable siblings – if only they would allowed to be so

May 12, 2022 Administrator

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in this space on January 5, 2021 and has been updated. – Corridorrail.com Editor…

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Posted in: Amtrak, History, Intercity Passenger Train, Night Trains/Sleeper Trains, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Operators, Passenger Trains, VIA Rail Canada Filed under: Amtrak, Coast Daylight, Corridor Trains, Dining Cars, Flexible Dining, Intercity, Long Distance Trains, Lounge Cars, NEC, Northeast Corridor, Pacific Parlour Car, Passenger Food and Amenities, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Pullman Company, Rail Passenger, Ridership, Sightseer Lounge Car, Sleeping Cars, Stephen Gardner, Transportation, Travel, VIA Rail Canada

U.S.: Riding the Santa Fe’s Famed “El Capitan” … Christmas … and those Hi-Level Deluxe Chair Cars With Every Seat At Dome Car Height

December 8, 2021 Administrator

By Russ and Susan Jackson, Guest Commentators; December 9, 2021 The author Paul Theroux wrote many stories about train travel.…

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Posted in: Amtrak, History, Intercity Passenger Train, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Operators, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains Filed under: Amtrak, California, Chicago, Coast Starlight, Courier Nurse, Dining Car, Dome Cars, El Capitan, Hi-Level Coaches, Hi-Level Fleet, Illinois, Intercity, LAUPT, Los Angeles Union Station, Lounge Car, Pacific Parlour Car, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Rail Passenger, Rail Safety, Russ and Susan Jackson, San Diegans, San Diego, Santa Fe Railway, Southwest Chief, Super Chief, Texas Eagle, Top of the Cap, Transportation, Travel, Vista Dome

U.S., Santa Fe El Capitan History: All-Coach Train, But Both a Dining Car and Lounge Car

December 15, 2020 Administrator

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; December 15, 2020 In April of 1961, the Santa Fe Railway was…

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Posted in: Amtrak, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Operators Filed under: Amtrak, California, Chicago, Coast Starlight, Dining Car, El Capitan, Heartland Flyer, History, Illinois, Intercity, Los Angeles, Lounge Car, menus, Pacific Parlour Car, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Rail Passenger, Santa Fe Railway, Super Chief, Transcontinental train, Transportation, Travel

How the Amtrak Dining Car Could Heal the Nation

November 29, 2017 Administrator

By GABRIEL KAHANE, The New York Times; November 28, 2017 On Nov. 9, 2016, I boarded the Lake Shore Limited,…

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