Members of the NARP board were invited to Wilmington, Delaware, today for a tour of their test kitchen. I must say, it was impressive. The date is uncertain, but Amtrak will be introducing quite a wide variety of frozen meals that will first be served on overnight trains without a full-on dining car–specifically the Cardinal…
I’ve been thinking a lot about dining on Amtrak long-distance trains. It’s no doubt prompted by the awful decision to permanently remove the diner from the Silver Star (or Silver Starve, as it’s starting to be called). For those of us who travel throughout the U.S. on Amtrak’s long-distance trains, this decision is a huge…
Well, it’s official: the dining car is gone from Amtrak’s Silver Star. Permanently. Is anyone actually surprised? I haven’t seen any public announcement yet, but the word started going out to Amtrak employees two days ago. The official if cryptic notice originated in an email from Mark Murphy, Amtrak’s General Manager for Long…
I have said many times that one of the great pleasures you get from a long-distance train ride is meeting nice people along the way over a meal in the dining car or a beverage-of-choice in the lounge. And it’s always extra nice to hear from them months or even years later. Such was…