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And that's probably the extent of how these F&B partnerships are going to be done at least for the foreseeable future. Eventually, however, these F&B contractors are going to want to have more control over their service delivery involving their products, and that's when the Amtrak OBS...

That's one story. Another is Amtrak's successful partnership with Dunkin Donuts.... https://news.dunkindonuts.com/blog/blog_custom-20180418

What's the need for the V2 sleepers and dorms? Neither CAF or Amtrak want them. For that matter what's the need for the diners? As first class lounges, what revenue will they produce? What costs?

Sleepers do produce revenues but they also produce operating costs well in excess of them. I recall seeing the breakdowns in operating costs and revenues per train-mile for a sleeping car from about 10 years ago and those operating ratios were pretty bad compared to coach.

Any way to confirm the status of the remainder of the V2 order? I suspect someone here knows for certain.

What are the possibilities that Amtrak stops the order for V2s with these diners, er, first-class lounges, and doesn't receive the dorms and sleepers? I am thinking about this with regards to Amtrak's coming order for single-level cars to replace the Amfleet Is (and Amfleet IIs?). The vision for...

To get back to the original premise of this thread -- what is the most direct.... We all look at a map from above to determine the most direct. But you also need to look at it from the side. A railroad that goes up and down hills may be just as long as the railroad that goes around those hills...