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      jimdex reacted to zephyr17's post in the thread Canadian "Buffer Cars" discussion with Like Like.
      Today's VIA 2. Photo from Facebook RailsBC group: 👏👏👏
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      jimdex reacted to xzperu42's post in the thread Churchill Service with Like Like.
      Took the train to Churchill on May 2nd 2023 it's consist was: F40 F40 Baggage Coach Coach Skyline Chateau Chateau Sunrise day 2...
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      jimdex reacted to uncleboots's post in the thread Texas Eagle discussion with Like Like.
      There maybe a glimmer of hope for the Texas Eagle. Amtrak ran a Inspection Train from Fort Worth to El Paso over the former Texas and...
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      jimdex replied to the thread California Zephyr discussion.
      This is true, but there is one significant difference. The private railroads could cover the fixed costs with freight revenues. Amtrak...
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      jimdex replied to the thread California Zephyr discussion.
      Well, I should perhaps clarify what I mean by "profitable." By profitable, I mean providing enough additional revenue to an otherwise...
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      jimdex replied to the thread California Zephyr discussion.
      If that is the case, would it be conceivably possible to develop an argument that sleepers and diners -- considered as a single business...
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      jimdex replied to the thread California Zephyr discussion.
      One possibility for dealing with that would be allowing coach passengers (and possibly sleeper passengers) to pre-pay for dining car...
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      jimdex replied to the thread California Zephyr discussion.
      I don't know if I've ever actually been in a train with a Cross Country Cafe, so that makes it hard to respond to this observation. What...
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      jimdex replied to the thread California Zephyr discussion.
      Well, that gets to a question that has always intrigued me. Do the sleeper fares really reflect the cost of providing meals, or do they...
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      jimdex replied to the thread California Zephyr discussion.
      We've heard many recent complaints on this forum about high sleeper fares, and removing the dining car surcharge would be one of the few...
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      jimdex replied to the thread California Zephyr discussion.
      It wasn't that way until Amtrak started offering complimentary meals to sleeping car passengers. It used to be first come, first served...
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      jimdex replied to the thread Amtrak dining and cafe service.
      Or simply remove the dining car surcharge from sleeper fares, and give both coach and sleeping car passengers a pre-paid dining car...
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