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October 4 - Train 19 Atlanta to Slidell
Good - Attitude of staff at station. On time departure. Breakfast. Dining room staff at breakfast and lunch. Excellent ribs at dinner. Unbelievable deal paying $47 for roomette and getting three meals each.
Bad - Dinner waiter forgot our salads. He seemed to have a lot of memory problems. Arriving 1+ hour late in Slidell (but they made up 20 minutes between there and New Orleans?). Train staff seemed to each want their own table in Lounge car - not a big deal as it was not crowded.
Ugly - Atlanta station, the burger at lunch (I keep ordering it and it never gets any better). 12 hours of trees.
October 8 - Train 20 Slidell to Atlanta
Good - Only a flag stop in Slidell but it still had nice restrooms there. Early arrival in Atlanta. Excellent sleeping car attendant. Excellent service in dining car. Unbelievable deal paying $47 for roomette and getting three meals each.
Bad - Dinner waiter forgot the salad for the person sitting across from us (not the same waiter). Slidell has a soft ice cream stand right next to the station and I didn't get a chance to stop there. Sleeping car attendant couldn't stop talking about how the Basques were the ancestors of all of mankind.
Ugly - Atlanta station still bad.
Good - Attitude of staff at station. On time departure. Breakfast. Dining room staff at breakfast and lunch. Excellent ribs at dinner. Unbelievable deal paying $47 for roomette and getting three meals each.
Bad - Dinner waiter forgot our salads. He seemed to have a lot of memory problems. Arriving 1+ hour late in Slidell (but they made up 20 minutes between there and New Orleans?). Train staff seemed to each want their own table in Lounge car - not a big deal as it was not crowded.
Ugly - Atlanta station, the burger at lunch (I keep ordering it and it never gets any better). 12 hours of trees.
October 8 - Train 20 Slidell to Atlanta
Good - Only a flag stop in Slidell but it still had nice restrooms there. Early arrival in Atlanta. Excellent sleeping car attendant. Excellent service in dining car. Unbelievable deal paying $47 for roomette and getting three meals each.
Bad - Dinner waiter forgot the salad for the person sitting across from us (not the same waiter). Slidell has a soft ice cream stand right next to the station and I didn't get a chance to stop there. Sleeping car attendant couldn't stop talking about how the Basques were the ancestors of all of mankind.
Ugly - Atlanta station still bad.