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Gilbert B Norman wrote:While my reaction to Mr. O'Keefe's immediate is that Mr. Anderson is doing his job and the results are beginning to show, others evidently hold differing views - including this Railway Age columnist:
gokeefe wrote:I felt the reference to Warrington was beneath them. They're equating a very complex non-passenger revenue enhancement effort with effective (if often unpleasant) cost cutting.
Who shot the Amtrak diner? Better food and take out dining options in stations aka "fast casual". Diners were essential, especially in the early years of Amtrak, when station facilities were absolutely decrepit everywhere.
That is no longer the case at all in many places. Amtrak also competes against itself with cheap on-board food offerrings in their wildly sucessful cafe cars which routinely sell out of stock.
In my mind, dining car service was one of the very few remaining Amtrak perks
David Benton wrote:If Amtrak's operating deficit is less than the government operating subsidy,can Amtrak use that money for capital expenditure? Sorry ,I know I have not used the correct terms , but I think most will get the gist of the question.
By not using them as much, it appears to be saving money. If this gets you into a positive territory, I suppose that's great.
BUT, I know for one, I'm LESS likely to ride a train w/o a dining car.
At this point I've pretty much given up on the idea of taking the LSL westward again, which is a shame, since I really was planning a few trips around a decent diner.
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