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Thank you all for your thoughtful replies. Unfortunately, what you are writing is not good news and rather what I expected. Pity. I have made this trip on this date for the past three years and enjoyed it largely because of the dining car service and menus as tuxedo2549 wrote. To me, this is...

I'll be in a sleeping room on the Crescent May 29 from BAL to TCL. I've heard of the new so-called "flexible dining options" on this and other East Coast trains. What can I expect to be different from last May on this train? And what is your opinion of the change?

I understand what you say niemi. On the other hand, I hardly consider it fair to compare sitting on any mode of transportation for 20+ hours in a cramped seat to a 2 1/2 hour ride in a cramped seat.

As I wrote above the Amtrak fare I would pay BAL-TCL would be $587.60 next May 29, 2020. Just checked the competitor: Southwest Airlines. I can go BWI-BHM for $161.00 on May 29, 2020. So much for competition.

F900ElCapitan writes that "I ran through the prices this morning (Nov. 4, 2019) and am noticing a very substantial increase in sleeper fares. Most are up around 10%." Odd that my one-way Senior Viewliner Roomette fare on May 31, 2019 on the Crescent from BAL to TCL was $320.30. I checked the...