Diner 8400 in Hamlet, NC

[The Davy Crockett]

I just found THIS Amtrak news release that Viewliner Diner 8400, along with an Amtrak engine and other rolling stock, will be in Hamlet, North Carolina tomorrow for the 30th Annual Seaboard Festival. Sounds like a good chance to get pictures of 8400 out of its usual territory.

I wonder if 8400 will make it to the party, and if so, how long it will be in the SE, with Sandy heading towards the NEC.

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

I just found THIS Amtrak news release that Viewliner Diner 8400, along with an Amtrak engine and other rolling stock, will be in Hamlet, North Carolina tomorrow for the 30th Annual Seaboard Festival. Sounds like a good chance to get pictures of 8400 out of its usual territory.

I wonder if 8400 will make it to the party, and if so, how long it will be in the SE, with Sandy heading towards the NEC.

What is Sandy?

Edit: Never, mind, I found out that Sandy is the hurricane. I don't live in the area.

 

[Ryan]

Really?

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Not what , who. :giggle:

 

[Tracktwentynine]

Really?

Are you surprised?

 

[The Davy Crockett]

Really?

Are you surprised?

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Ryan]

Really?

Are you surprised?

Touché.

 

[dlagrua]

Its nice that Amtrak exhibits the 8400 Viewliner Diner as a representative sample of its dining service cars. Little does the average person know that Amtrak dining cars are 50-60 years old. Let hope that the CAF Amtrak diners start arriving soon. As new passengers start using the service, they may say that this dining car looks nothing like the one that was on display.

 

[The Davy Crockett]

Its nice that Amtrak exhibits the 8400 Viewliner Diner as a representative sample of its dining service cars. Little does the average person know that Amtrak dining cars are 50-60 years old. Let hope that the CAF Amtrak diners start arriving soon. As new passengers start using the service, they may say that this dining car looks nothing like the one that was on display.

You saw 8400 displayed in Hamlet, and therefore know for a fact that they market 8400 as status quo, and not as the new, improved, and soon to be on an Amtrak route near you diner? If you don't have first-hand information, how do you know that what you are claiming has any validity? :huh:

 

[dlagrua]

I always speak in generalities not specifics. The point that I am making is the impression that the 8400 has on potential new passengers. What do you think that new passengers will believe when they see 8400 exhibited? They can easily get the impression that all current Amtrak diners are like this. Since the general public is not totally composed of researchers, readers and profound thinkers like you; I believe that this scenerio is likely.

 

[The Davy Crockett]

I think most folks are smarter than you give them credit for. If Amtrak has basic information on a placard or handout stating that 8400 is what the new diners will look like when they are delivered, or have someone in 8400 explaining what it is, they will understand.

BTW, I've never heard anyone complain about the look and feel of the Heritage Diners. I've heard complaints and questions about the food served, plastic plates, paper tableclothes, plastic cups and mugs (all courtesy of Congress) and slow service, but never once the diners. Be they Hertage or Superliner. With your reasoning a Superliner Diner and a Cross Country Cafe should also be on display, lest anyone be confused.