OK, I will concede that you may be tired of reading about the Pacific Parlour Cars on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight. I suppose part of the reason I write about them is because I really do go out of my way to ride the Coast Starlight—at several hundred dollars of extra expense—just to spend a dozen…
SEATTLE–Well, first there was the disappointment of not having a parlor car on the Coast Starlight coming up from Oakland. Now there is the disappointment of realizing that Assaggio’s, my favorite restaurant here in Seattle, where I was planning to have dinner tonight, is closed on Sundays. I discovered Assaggio Ristoranti by accident probably…
The Coast Starlight was an hour late into Oakland, but by the time I got up this morning, the lost time had been made up. That was the good news. The bad news is there is no Pacific Parlour Car on this train and that wonderful amenity is a very big reason I go…
Senator Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, has announced that Amtrak is dotting i’s and crossing t’s on an agreement that would allow the railroad to buy new trainsets that will replace the sort-of-high-speed Acelas on the Northeast Corridor. The deal, supposedly worth $2.5 billion, is expected to be OK’d by Amtrak’s board ……