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the train attendant if someone suspicious opens the door to your
room. (Don't be overly concerned, however. It's almost always a
case of right room, wrong car.)
Personal Food and Drink
Passengers are permitted to bring food and drink aboard the
train. Unless you have special dietary issues, however, I recom-
mend eating in the dining car or buying packaged food and
snacks from the lounge car. The dining-car food is quite good,
and eating there is an opportunity to get up, move around, and
meet some of your fellow passengers. Besides, especially in the
coaches, foods with strong aromas can be annoying to people
seated nearby.
If you're riding in coach, don't bring any alcoholic beverages
aboard (you are not permitted to consume them in your seat).
Beer, wine, and some mixed drinks are available in the lounge
car and must be consumed there. If you're in a sleeping car, you
may bring your own alcohol aboard, but it must be consumed
in your room. Whether coach or sleeper, however, Amtrak train
crews have a very low tolerance for passengers who overindulge
and cause problems. As noted above, conductors can and do put
offenders off the train. Literally a sobering experience, I'm sure.
Dining Onboard
Part of the enjoyment of traveling by train is the unique experience
of eating in a rolling restaurant (a pretty good one too). Amtrak
is into food service big-time. The systemwide total is impressive:
nearly 9,000 meals served every day as a year-round average.
That number makes Amtrak one of the major food providers in
the country. Considering the long hours and the busy, crowded
conditions under which they work, Amtrak's food-service crews
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