Recent content by eackly

I can say that the Auto Train is generally clean, they seem to always wash trains in Sanford.

Again, I am far from an expert, but if my seatmate was accurate in what she said, Amtrak could serve better meals with less employees if they went with an airline in-flight caterer. She said that any in-flight caterer could provide meals which are pre-plated, visually appealing and taste good...

I will add one further thought, a while ago (I may have even posted here about it, I cannot remember), I sat next to a woman on American Airlines in First Class who said that she worked in middle management at LSG SkyChefs (iirc). She said that she and her husband had recently ridden Amtrak and...

It was years ago now, maybe circa 2006, GateGourmet provided the Acela FC meals. I remember seeing a GateGourmet employee delivering the food the train.

That has not been my experience with Acela First Class meals. They are more akin to an airlines First Class meals than a Flex meal which seems a big step down from either an airline First Class meal or an Acela First Class

Ime my very limited experience in the dinning car, service is generally good, better than some of the First/Business class UNITED and American Airlines flight attendants who I have compared to fire breathing dragons. Heck, it was a number of years ago now, I was flying United Airlines in their...

I used to order the Black Bean Burger with cheese and bacon. The looks I would get from the Amtrak staff was priceless.

I noticed that they removed Woodford Reserve, don't remember if Maker's Mark was there before or not.

Hollerbachs is just ok IMHO, it used to be good prior to it becoming an institution. Now it feels more like a commissary than a restaurant. My wife and I prefer Tennessee Honey, Colorado's Steakhouse and The District. Henry's Depot is fun too

That brought back memories of my time riding trains in India. My wife and I rode the Mahajara Express and the Deecan Odyssey and those were impressive trains with impeccable service and food. Indian railway was pretty good too, while the food was not fancy by any means, if one likes Indian...

I had a funny one recently, my wife and I like Woodford and we each ordered one to have with our dessert. I didn't have a $10, so I figured the server in the dinning car worked really hard, so I left a $20. Next thing I know, he comes up behind my wife and I, saying you left something. Before...

Amtrak may not have disagreed, but their check book might have. Neighbors son used to work at Amtrak and now works for Brightline and he said that Amtrak had many great idea, but the accountants had to constantly say no due to trying to keep expenses down to the bare minimum. To be clear, I...

I very much enjoyed it heated, but I enjoy things warm, vs. things served at room temp or cold.

My wife and I tried these from Costco and for whatever reason I cannot explain they came out gross. They had an odd texture not like at Starbucks. I am curious how you prepared them to make them come out properly because we followed the instructions on the box. They were so bad, my wife...

Then you really would not enjoy The Tail of the Dragon 318 curves over iirc 11 miles.