SWC Breakfast into LAX

[sechs]

How is breakfast worked on #3 coming into Los Angeles? A quick check of the history shows that it often comes in "early" 30 to 45 minutes -- and once more than an hour.

 

[rmgreenesq]

The dining car opens up really really early. They will usually open around San Bernadino. The SW Chief arrives 30 minutes early because of the padding between FUL and LAX.

Rick

 

[VentureForth]

If you are going to get off at FUL, you will definitely want to grab as early of a seating that you can.

 

[sechs]

The dining car opens up really really early. They will usually open around San Bernadino.

I guess it'll be another early start, like the Empire Builder into Seattle.

The SW Chief arrives 30 minutes early because of the padding between FUL and LAX.

Thus the use of quotes for "early."

Thanks for the info

 

[visitor]

Be up at 5 a.m. if you want breakfast in CA on train 3...and they'll close between SNB and RIV!!

 

[gswager]

Be up at 5 a.m. if you want breakfast in CA on train 3...and they'll close between SNB and RIV!!

I went to the dining car for breakfast, approaching Riverside, few years ago.

 

[sechs]

What time was it?

So, if the train is "on time," I should expect the dinner to close at Riverside, round about 6AM?

 

[gswager]

What time was it?
So, if the train is "on time," I should expect the dinner to close at Riverside, round about 6AM?

If you're going westbound, the dinner would be in AZ/NM border area. If you're referring to breakfast, you'll have to ask the sleeper or coach attendant about it. It depends on time status.

 

[trainboy325]

OBS and I were just on #3 a couple of weeks ago when I went back home to the Grand Canyon detraining in FLG. The LSA announced that they would open the car at 5:30 am and close promptly at 6:00.

I would assume every crew has its own little way of doing business, times for operation versus between certain station stops, but be prepared for a very, very early breakfast with a limited choice. I asked how crews do early meals into endpoints for cleaning, etc. and the LSA told me that they need about 30 minutes versus the hour that I used to do on the City of New Orleans during my Amtrak days. Secondly, depending on the chef, they won't open up a new breakfast scrambler or make omlettes for that breakfast, but it is solely dependent on the chef's discretion and mood.

Let us know what you get.