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My first was in 1974 on the National Limited. It was in the early days of Amtrak, when the trains were made up of rolling stock of passenger cars that Amtrak had then recently acquired. We slept in a Pullman and took the train to Washington, D.C. from Kirkwood, MO outside of St. Louis. I have...

Yeah, it is nuts! Using aluminum trays covered with aluminum foil would be better, and have a better shot at being recycled since it's straight metal.

Do whatever you want. But, you have zero other choices when you are on the train. And, my journeys are over a number of days each time. Plus, with COVID, you have to give someone a good reason to get onboard. Cutting back on the only food you get for a few days doesn't cut it.

So, we will just continue NOT riding Amtrak. Problem solved.

I'm personally waiting for: 1.) To have received both shots of the COVID vaccine, and 2.) For regular dining to return before I travel to NYP again.

It is a good thing, for sure! Hopefully, they can get funding for the rest of Penn. That would be very cool.

Penn Station's New Slogan: "It sucks less now." 😁

I am guessing that there are still no updates on regular dining possibly resuming, at any point? Amtrak is offering double points right now. But, if nothing has changed with the dining, I will have to continue to not patronize Amtrak.

Amtrak should just be honest and say, "We don't want you to ride in our sleepers anymore. THIS is how we're going to make sure that you never do again."

I'm not going if they don't bring back the regular dining service. Going to the Dining Car and interacting with others on the train is integral to the long-distance train experience. They, at the very least, need to talk to those who run first-class airliner dining services and see how they do it.

Yeah, I'm definitely not riding until regular dining service has been brought back.

Thank you very much for the reply! Yeah, I guess that we can all make that kind of comment to our representatives. I would actually LOVE to support Amtrak, and get a room, even for a shorter trip. But, I really want the regular dining. That is such a key part of long-distance travel. When you...

Has there been any indication of when the western routes could go back to Traditional Dining? Thank you for any information!

Yeah, I just don't see riding until, at least, the Flex Dining thing ends on the western routes. There's no way that I'm spending a number of days on a train with microwaved meals.

We're paying first-class fares. We shouldn't be getting coach food.

So, is this already happening? I have a shorter trip from Memphis to New Orleans in December and got this message: We have exciting news to share about your upcoming trip Train 59 from Memphis, Tennessee. Staring [sic] October 1, we will be debuting a new dining experience aboard your...

Amtrak has switched to "Flex Dining" for Sleeping Car passengers on the following trains: Capitol Limited, Cardinal, City of New Orleans, Crescent, Lake Shore Limited and Silver Meteor. https://www.amtrak.com/flexdining So, are these going to be those microwaved meals like they've been doing...