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I don’t think the Crescent is ever on time going north, at least in Greenville SC. I pretty much checked it almost every day this summer, and I never saw that it was on time or even close. I recall that one day it was only 35 minutes late into Greenville and that was the only time it was less...

I like Barq’s Root Beer!

I’ll be commenting when we get back from ur extended trip. The Crescent was horrible - very late, limited selection of food and beverages(out of a lot), and poor service. I’ll have a detailed report later.

Just did a google check and note that the newspaper articles which come up say it happened in 1961 but they are wrong. It was 1959, my junior year in high school but otherwise they are on point. The Committee of 500 led the reform movement. At that time, Kentucky had a law that the State...

This Newport Ky “sin city” was closed down in 1959 when George Ratterman (former back up to Cleveland Browns quarterback Otto Graham) defeated Frank “Screw” Andrews (yes that is how his name appeared on the ballot), for Sheriff of Campbell County, Ky and cleaned up the whole County. The story...

There were no noodle bowls available.

Just a note on the Crescent - worst ever! I’ll go into more detail on my trip report but the whole f&b service is a mess and out of control. The SCA came by and told us that the only item left was the chicken. He said he was taking reservations and what did we want. Jokingly, we said the...

Blame the Supreme Court, Congress and the President all you want but when AMTRACk won't, with transparency, honestly and accurately account for revenue and costs, there is no way for The legislative or executive branches to address the problems of AMTRAK or its management (one and the same).

On 20, the Crescent coming into Culpepper Va about 21/2 hrs late. At 7 am they were out of the breakfast sandwiches (the attendant called it Jimmy Dean. Said they only had one and the guy in front of me got it She said the people boarding in New Orleans ate them yesterday morning and there was...

Doing final packing before going to Greenville, SC to catch the Crescent to NYP tonight. Expect it to be late as usual so it will probably technically be tomorrow morning when we board. The DCA will have our roomette prepared and we will hop into our bunks right away. If you have seen my...

Believe it was an IOS 13 update issue. Cleared up after reboot.

The Sleeper Passengers do not get “free meals”, they pay for the meals, whether they eat them or not, when they buy the ticket. As to whether or not Amtrak properly accounts for such payment, that is an entirely different matter.

Today’s #20 Crescent showing “No Status.” Does anyone know what is happening?

Our first tv was a Dumont back in 1950!

At the risk of endlessly repeating myself, I have pointed out numerous times the fallacy of counting as revenue, what the sleeper passenger actually ordered/ate. You pay for the potential meals when you buy the ticket. The amount credited to F&B is the revenue but it does not appear that this...

And they offer some really good Canadian wines!

So how much would the ticket price be reduced if the F&B would be carved off? Whatever that amount is , it represents the actual amount of revenue properly attributed to F&B. I am not saying that is how AMTRAK actually calculates revenue from F&B since no one seems to know how they calculate...

I always carry some rubber door stoppers to deal with rattles.

I would recommend the cruise option. Susan and I are looking into it for next year.

Your guess is correct. We are staying in Brockville to visit my sister. Looking forward to the trains. Yes, our afternoon train won’t get us the meal but we will relax with the drink.