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Okay, sorry about that, I was referring to your post about the pre-cooked meals that were reheated in the oven or the microwave. I was making a reference to the time that Southern Pacific was still running passenger trains and they cut costs by creating those "automat cars" in the 1960's. If I...

Is it me, or does that sound suspiciously like the "automat cars" that Southern Pacific got into so much controversy about it?

Now I feel old. I remember when ACELA went into service and I realize that was over 20 years ago!

Amen. I remember several years ago I ate on the Capitol Limited with full dining services and it was great. Not sure why they would drop the dining cars; in fact, eating in the dining cars and seeing all that scenery go by you is one of the highlights of any train trip!

That's kind of ironic because at least part of the reason that Amtrak was created was many of the services, in particular the dining service, had become substandard due to private railroads cutting costs (the whole Southern Pacific automat controversy), and now it looks like Amtrak is doing the...

I'm from Virginia so it's nice to see Amtrak expanding some at least!:)

This is very sad. I'll continue to keep the families of the victims in my prayers.

So, was the dump truck parked on the tracks, or did it try to beat the train across the tracks?

Wow. That's rough.

Thanks. This should help.

Hope this is the right place to ask this question, but is there way to get any printable timetables that are current for Amtrak.

I'm not sure what to make of this. Has there been any type of threat against Amtrak?

Welcome to the board. I'm new here myself.

Well, dannasgoodstuff Like I said in my introduction, I have had a lifelong love of trains. I've wanted to join a group like this discussing the future of passenger trains in general and Amtrak specifically. This might surprise some people (oh, I'm not trying to cause a political argument on...

My handle is Kirk2266. I love passenger trains and I've taken Amtrak several times over the years.