Traditional Dining on western routes?

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What defines a western route? On almost all of its route the TX Eagle travels west of the Mississippi River, and I always thought that defined western America?
 
The Texas Eagle has always been considered a western route, but Amtrak didn't bring back traditional dining to it for whatever reason. Your definition of west/east is correct.
 
It's unofficial, but some of the definition goes back to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The country was divided into regions: Western, Eastern, and Southern. The regions were used for statistical purposes and rate-making, etc. (In earlier years there were five regions.)

1969 ICC Regions.jpg
 
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