The sleeping car attendants are no longer allowed to make coffee on the day the train departs (This is my third trip on a long distance train out of Chicago). I am currently on the South West Chief and there is a sign posted by each coffee pot saying that “coffee is provided from 6 a.m. till 11 a.m.
Two of the attendants told me that Amtrak is inspecting the sleepers to make sure that the VERY expensive coffee is not being made on outbound trips. An attendant told me that a friend of his was marked off for 14 days for making a pot (I hope this isn't true).
Ice is no longer provided in the sleeping cars either.
Two of the attendants told me that Amtrak is inspecting the sleepers to make sure that the VERY expensive coffee is not being made on outbound trips. An attendant told me that a friend of his was marked off for 14 days for making a pot (I hope this isn't true).
Ice is no longer provided in the sleeping cars either.