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  1. Cho Cho Charlie

    "The Points Guy" takes a Viewliner II sleeper.

    My kid too. I pull down the top bunk as soon as we enter our Viewliner roomette. I guess I am short enough that I can sit in the seats, while the top bunk is down. For my kid, the top bunk makes for a private play area, with his very own window.
  2. Cho Cho Charlie

    Biden Infrastructure Details

    "Most rails in the Lehigh Valley are currently owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Corp., which would have to grant the right-of-way for use of the rails.:" Norfolk Southern has, several times now, voiced rather strong public opposition to Amtrak using their rails for passenger line...
  3. Cho Cho Charlie

    Amtrak blankets

    Mine only says "Made in China". ;)
  4. Cho Cho Charlie

    Biden Infrastructure Details

    Part of President Biden's Infrastructure Plan, which includes Amtrak 2035 Vision, includes (finally!!!) rail service from Allentown to NYC. Also, while not directly part of this story, Reading to Philly. Is passenger rail returning to Allentown? Planned Amtrak service would connect Lehigh...
  5. Cho Cho Charlie

    Reserving a Silver Meteor Viewliner II Sleeper

    Our unwritten rule is that the traveling companion goes for a walk, when the toilet needs to be used in this manor. Go look out the hallway windows across from the bedrooms. Go look out the vestibule door/windows. I try to take my shower while we're stopped at a station. This is way I am...
  6. Cho Cho Charlie

    When is Sleeping Car returning to WAS-BOS overnight train?

    Here is a news story from yesterday (3/11/2021) ... Amtrak Is Adding Private Rooms to Overnight Northeast Regional Trains (msn.com) Nothing surprising to those following this thread.
  7. Cho Cho Charlie

    How full does a LD train have to be to be profitable?

    Can someone please explain this? I don't think the Silvers/Palmetto share any stations with the Auto Train (the Auto Train uses only two stations, and those aren't share with any other train). As to cars, I don't think they do either (Silvers/Pametto use single level equipment, the Auto...
  8. Cho Cho Charlie

    America's most beautiful train journeys

    Here is a "soft" news story from yesterday... America's most beautiful train journeys (msn.com) Many of the journeys included in this story, are on Amtrak, so I thought it might be of interest here.
  9. Cho Cho Charlie

    Marriott food on pre Amtrak Auto Train

    You mean the bankruptcy formula ? :)
  10. Cho Cho Charlie

    Would a Presidential "Amtrak One" Actually Work? 🚅

    I was reading, a few months ago, that the Royal Train is by far the most expensive way for the Queen to travel. As to lodging, is there really anywhere within the UK she can go, that there isn't one of her 23 castles near by? ;)
  11. Cho Cho Charlie

    Amtrak dining and cafe service

    Well, yes and no. I was on a cruise ship that had a rather major breakout of norovirus. About 1/2 the passengers became sick and had to be confined to their cabins. While it might have started by a passenger, it was the total lack of consequential/subsequent control by the ship's crew and...
  12. Cho Cho Charlie

    Amtrak dining and cafe service

    You do bring up an interesting thought. I wonder how many Sleeper passengers will be willing to pay extra to eat in an Amtrak 'specialty restaurant' (aka the dining car) for an additional cost? Say, $50/meal ? Sleeper passengers will still be able to get their complimentary flex meal (aka...
  13. Cho Cho Charlie

    What is your daily routine on LD trains?

    This is pre-dining car cut backs and pre-COVID-19. I always LD traveled in a roomette. In the AM, I would find myself a cup of coffee. Get myself a shower, under my assumption that it was easiest to find a free shower earlier in the morning. A full breakfast in dining car would be next...
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    Amtrak dining and cafe service

    Even before COVID-19, the cruise industry started to degrade its food too. I use to enjoy the high-end, fancy, meals served every evening in their main dining rooms. Then they replaced that cuisine with "comfort food" like fried chicken. Not that I hate fried chicken, but one of the...
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    Traditional dining petition

    It is also the implied data like that you enjoy train travel, and possibly travel in general. Oh, and that you like good (restaurant?) food. Worthy info for targeted mailings, emailings, and relentless telemarketing.
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