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    Amtrak dining and cafe service

    The sale of those sleeper tickets includes meals. Silver Service sleeper tix are crazy expensive. Maybe they are undervaluing coach tix if they are still losing money on the consist. I have seen coach tix priced crazy cheap and then they jam those cars to capacity. Its nasty and dirty in those...
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    Amtrak dining and cafe service

    This pure mushy slop was my dinner out of DC 2 weeks ago on the Silver Meteor. The train was only rolling 3 hrs out of origination in NYC and the only edible item on flex, the beef, was already out. When you pay over $700 for a sleeper from DC to Orlando, I expect better. Amtrak needs to step...
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    Lesser known Railroad Museums in small towns

    We were there 2 months ago. It was pouring rain so we pretty much had the place to ourselves. It felt haunting. Multiple old engines and cars in a building essentially falling down around it. There is definitely a spirit presence there. On the bright side, we did get to see the roundhouse in...
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    The effect of the potential rail strike on Amtrak

    We are set to return from DC on 12/5 to arrive in Orlando 12/6 on the Meteor. We took travel ins this time. Hoping no walk outs start that early.
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    What should Amtrak change?

    1. Get the Meteor up and running. The Star takes too long with its western dips for those headed all the way north or south; 2. Staff retraining and emphasis on courteous customer service. Some have it down and others do not. Maybe incentivize this with bonusing on compliment cards; 3...
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    Silver Star/Silver Meteor combined train (Jan - Oct 2022)

    We are booked on the 9811 on 12/2. So far no changes but that is still a ways off.
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    Bid Up questions and experiences

    Anyone ever told you were "ineligible" for bid up? They offered the opportunity and I accepted and placed a bid up offer. It confirmed I had successfully placed the offer. The night before trip back I received an email stating we were "ineligible" for a bid up. It wasn't that we lost or were...
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    Lesser known Railroad Museums in small towns

    Thanks for the correction on exact name and ownership. Still the best we have been to.
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    Lesser known Railroad Museums in small towns

    Strasburg Railroad Museum in PA is by far the best we have been to.
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    Silver Star/Silver Meteor combined train (Jan - Oct 2022)

    9211 is a V1. More room by far in a roomette. That overhead storage is big enough to accommodate 2 med sized suitcases and a duffle or backpack. There is also more space for upper bunk to ceiling. VII roomettes are smaller without as much storage space. If you can ignore the commode, the VI is...
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    Orlando, Florida

    No public taxis or vans seem to meet the Silver Star in Orlando. Best off with an Uber. Once the train pulls out it turns into a ghost town pretty quickly so plan ahead. Leaving on Silver Star today from Orl to DC. We checked out the station several times to be prepared.
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    Silver Star/Silver Meteor combined train (Jan - Oct 2022)

    9211 is currently a V1. Saw it leave Orl last night. Out there prepping for trip next week Orl to DC.
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    Amtrak delays

    Wonder what happened to the NB. We watched it leave Orlando just about 15 minutes late.
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    Silver Star/Silver Meteor combined train (Jan - Oct 2022)

    Considering the prices they are charging they need to reconsider that asap. Microwave dinners is not what people paying the premium prices for sleeper accommodations will tolerate for very long. As a kid that was one of the high points of our family train trips from NY to Florida. This is our...
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    Issues with booking Amtrak by phone

    No. Waited 15 min on hold but got thru last week
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