Lunch on the SL leaving NOL
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the_traveler
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Yes!
ColdRain&Snow
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Yessir, you will have lunch onboard within an hour or so of leaving New Orleans. Have a great trip.
had8ley
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They oughta make an announcement about the time you hit the bridge~ the Huey P. Long.
the_traveler
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ScottC4746
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Since you are in a roomette...check in at the ticket counter and they will give you a code. This code will give you access to the Magnolia room. There is nothing fantastic about the Magnolia room except it is a seperate waiting are for sleeping car passangers. While this did not happen on my trip, I understand they might come in and take your lunch reservation before you even get on board. Dinner they will make an announcement on board to be in your room when they come around to make dinner reservations. They take reservations from the sleepers first then from coach. Your meals are included in the price of your sleeper, just tip based on what you consumed based on menu prices.
Might I recomend the steak for dinner. It is cooked to order and quite tasty in my own opinion.
had8ley
Engineer
"Hit the Bridge"~ just an expression a goofy yardmaster would make when you had 150 cars, limited power and no manual pusher behind you... :help:
The Food and OBS on this Train are usually First Rate! :wub: As hadley said (sort of! :lol: )be sure and be in the Lounge as you cross the Huey Long Bridge out of New Orleans, its a sight to see! Other Highlites include the Infamous Beaumont Cement Slab Ungrand Central Station
, and Overnite in San Antonio on the Train, the Pecos High Bridge in West Texas, Border Running around El Paso and Miles and Miles and Miles of Desert but Great Sunset!
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the_traveler
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Jim, OP is only going to HOS, so except for the Grand Central Slab (which I thought I heard that they removed to replace with a "new and improved slab"
), so the later points do not apply for this trip!
True, it's only a HOS-NOL-HOS trip with three nights in NOL. But I will try to get a picture of the Slab, or what's left of it. Should be daylight by then. And the Huey Long bridge is something I really want to see.
Thanks to all for the tips. My wife and I are really looking forward to the trip. (Although not getting up in the middle of the night to catch the train.)
Thanks to all for the tips. My wife and I are really looking forward to the trip. (Although not getting up in the middle of the night to catch the train.)
ScottC4746
OBS Chief
This link will take you to a website showing the Beaumont Grand Slab Station http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/beaumont.htm It is actually part of a great website put together by a Japanese tourist, not sure if he lives in Japan or is Japanese-American but they list all the train stations. The neat part about the website, I know this is getting of the original topic, is that you can go to your starting city and follow the route and see what all the train stations will look like on your route.
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