Recent content by Mail4MrTed

Living in New Orleans, where Covid 19 is a very serious problem (Louisiana now has over 1,000 deaths), I fully understand why Amtrak would resort to boxed meals rather than the diner: Spread of the disease from people congregating in the diner, whether passengers of crew, the huge expense of...

I have reported the trip and experience with the National Association of Railroad Passengers which has a site for such reports and is the lobbying group for Amtrak in DC. I would encourage all to join!

For those of you who are members of the National Association of Railroad Passengers - and you should be - please contact your representatives to insist that they include Amtrak, commuter agencies and local transit in any relief they plan to extend for the airlines - fair is far.

On a recent New York/New Orleans trip, the sleepers were at the front of the train, then diner, then cafe. While the car rode OK South of Washington, we were very alarmed at the "wagging" that went on on the Northeast Corridor when the speed was up near 100 mph. The sleeper was literally...

And there you have the problem for many. The length of the Crescent trip (if it is on time which it rarely is, usually 2 to 3 hours late) is 29 hours from the Anderson "end points." On a recent trip from New York to New Orleans that meant that we were on the train for 32 hours and TWO dinner...

We recently rode from New Orleans to New York. There was a new diner on the train for "first class" passengers and one "lead service attendant" in the diner. Who she leading since there were no other employees was not clear. Everything was self service. For some elderly people that was not...

I have just arrived home from a New Orleans to New York trip on the Crescent (Anderson's "end points"). This is my first experience with "contemporary" dining. The food was tasty enough though on a long haul trip of 29 plus hours it got old. We bought sandwiches from the cafe for lunch since...

Nice article!

That would be ideal. In the end, more service is better.

You have some excellent ideas! I have one on the Sunset. It see it leave New Orleans of late with ONE coach. Amtrak can't fill one coach even as far as Houston which is pathetic. Why? The train doesn't run every day. With track work it only runs 2 times a week! There are huge amounts of...

I had at least some hope that Anderson might just be a good thing. Amtrak certainly needed some help. I am forced to think otherwise based on what I have seen so far. He has demonstrated an almost complete lack of understanding of what rail travel can be and everything is based on his airline...

It is already clear that Anderson doesn't "get it," but will never admit a mistake or publicly back down. Look for hints about changing his "mistakes" through signs like those posted here.

Is this a hint that Anderson and Co. may be wrong about people not wishing to sit together? Hmm. Good.