Dinner Time on a Train
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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This remains true.
Just, you know, with its constituent parts spread out in different places now.Report
It’s still true for long distance train travel – or at least, was before the pandemic, when Amtrak stopped all dining car services*
*I’m not sure if they have restarted them on any lines. What I’ve seen from travel youtubers is the ‘cafe car’ has been re-opened for a while, and some train sets have the dining car for the seating, but you don’t get ‘served’ like you used to. It’s basically just the same as cafe car meals, but if you have a berth, you don’t pay a la carte for them like a commoner.
edit- this comic is definitely the closest Apalachicola has ever been to ValhallaReport
Some of the LD Amtraks have “real” dining service back. The one I take though, the east leg of the Texas Eagle (FTW-CHI) does not, so it’s microwaved airline-style food in plastic throwaway plates. Until recently they were having you eat in your sleeper compartment (if a sleeping car passenger) because of COVID. Recently they went back to the old style of seating but still have the “flex meals” (which are not BAD bad – I’ve had worse frozen dinners – but are not the same as the cooked-to-order steaks they offered in the before times.)
I am pretty sure the keeping of “flex meals” where they can get away with it is a cost saving move. Mostly it’s sleeper passengers eating in the diner and our meals are part of our accommodation charge.Report