Amtrak dining cars on the long distance trains operating west of the Mississippi River have a system that’s unique to their operation and it really helps if passengers are aware...

Ask someone who has just made their first long-distance train ride what they liked most about the experience. Then find a veteran rail traveler, someone who’s made a dozen overnight...

I’ve engaged in versions of this conversation dozens of times over the past 20-some years. This time it began when the restaurant manager, Alex, mentioned that he would be away...

What follows is a first-hand report on Amtrak’s “contemporary dining” option from what can be described as a very credible source. This report was for the dinner meal aboard the...

by Matt Melzer   Dining by rail has always been an expensive, logistically complex endeavor, with heavy labor and supply costs not seen in normal restaurants. Amtrak’s periodic corner-cutting experiments...

Over the past several years, many of us who frequently travel on Amtrak’s long-distance trains have noticed a decline in both the quality of the food and the variety of...

One of the duties of an Amtrak sleeping car attendant is to bring meals to your sleeping car roomette or bedroom should you decide to dine in. But outside of...

The Lake Shore Limited’s New York section was waiting for us when we arrived in Albany from Boston yesterday and the combined train left there on time en route to...

Many sleeping car passengers think they don’t need to tip in an Amtrak dining car because their meals are “free”. Of course that’s not true because the cost of their...

  I have frequently written about Amtrak onboard crews … about their jobs and how they perform their jobs. And I don’t think I have ever failed to add that,...